Montgomery County COVID-19: Tuesday – April 28th
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Monday afternoon press conference, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania.
As of 10:00 AM Monday morning, Montgomery County reported 84 new COVID-19 cases, down from the 129 new cases reported Sunday.
The 84 new cases, 44 of which were males, came from 27 municipalities and range in age from 20 to 99 years-old and fall in the following age brackets:
- 0 to 9 – 0
- 10 to 19 – 0
- 20 to 29 – 9
- 30 to 39 – 6
- 40 to 49 – 6
- 50 to 59 – 17
- 60 to 69 – 16
- 70 to 79 – 11
- 80 to 89 -14
- 90 to 99 – 5
- 100 to 109 – 0
The 84 new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 3,683 countywide.
Of those 3,683 confirmed cases, 1,676 are male, 1,977 are female.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 across the county is 56.1 years-old with the youngest patient being a 1-month-old baby and a 110 year-old Abington man, the oldest.
Sixtyone of the county’s 62 municipalities are home to at least one individual with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. Only one Montgomery County municipality, Bryn Athyn Borough in the county’s southeast corner, reports zero COVID-19 cases to date.
Ten of the County’s 62 municipalities – Lower Merion (331), Springfield (304), Cheltenham (294), Abington (281), Norristown (218), Upper Moreland (137), Upper Providence (132), Whitemarsh (104), Montgomeryville (103) and Horsham (101) account for 2,005 (54.4%) of the positive cases countywide.
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| Municipality | # of Total Cases (Deaths) |
| Abington | 281 (19) |
| Ambler | 77 (6) |
| Bridgeport | 13 |
| Bryn Athyns | 0 |
| Cheltenham | 294 (9) |
| Collegeville | 9 |
| Conshohocken | 26 |
| Douglass | 21 |
| East Greenville | 6 |
| East Norriton | 70 (1) |
| Franconia | 29 |
| Green Lane | 2 |
| Hatfield Borough | 17 |
| Hatfield Township | 99 (2) |
| Hatboro | 14 (1) |
| Horsham | 100 (14) |
| Jenkintown | 23 |
| Lansdale | 64 (1) |
| Limerick | 40 |
| Lower Frederick | 6 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 76 (11) |
| Lower Merion | 331 (13) |
| Lower Moreland | 71 (4) |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 26 |
| Lower Providence | 90 |
| Lower Salford | 39 |
| Marlborough | 6 |
| Montgomeryville | 103 (10) |
| Narberth | 15 |
| New Hanover | 24 |
| North Wales | 7 |
| Norristown | 218 (10) |
| Pennsburg | 2 |
| Perkiomen | 23 |
| Plymouth Township | 76 (4) |
| Pottstown | 66 |
| Rockledge | 8 (1) |
| Red Hill | 4 |
| Royersford | 13 |
| Salford | 9 |
| Schwenksville | 5 |
| Skippack | 39 (4) |
| Souderton | 51 |
| Springfield | 304 (37) |
| Telford | 22 |
| Towamincin | 49 (2) |
| Trappe | 15 (1) |
| Upper Dublin | 86 (5) |
| Upper Frederick | 6 |
| Upper Gwynedd | 69 (21) |
| Upper Hanover | 12 |
| Upper Merion | 90 (6) |
| Upper Moreland | 137 (5) |
| Upper Pottsgrove | 10 |
| Upper Providence | 132 (24) |
| Upper Salford | 7 |
| West Conshohocken | 3 |
| West Norriton | 29 |
| West Pottsgrove | 13 |
| Whitemarsh | 104 (9) |
| Whitpain | 70 (1) |
| Worcester | 31 |
| Total | 3,683 (220) |
.Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 4.28.2020
The County continues to monitor the 75 Department of Health certified long-term care centers and approximately 550 congregant care facilities across Montgomery County for instances of COVID-19.
Of the 1,403 cases reported at 89 of these centers through Monday morning, 1,113 were residents and the balance, 390 cases, were of staff members of the care facility.
Fourteen new coronavirus related death of individuals ranging in age from 48 to 94 years-old were reported in Montgomery County on Monday.
One hundred forty eight (67.3%) of Montgomery County’s 220 COVID-19 deaths are in eight municipalities; Springfield Township (37), Upper Providence (24), Upper Gwynedd Township (21), Abington (19), Horsham (13), Lower Merion (13), Lower Gwynedd (11), and Norristown (10).
The county’s COVID-19 death toll of 220 is 13.8% of the 1,597 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s 3,683 COVID-19 cases represent 8.6-percent of the 42,050 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Monday when the state updated their coronavirus count, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 11,361 COVID-19 positive cases and 274 deaths, neighboring and surrounding counties all report fewer positive coronavirus cases and deaths than Montgomery County’s tally:
| County | # of Positive Cases (Deaths) |
| Berks County | 2,526 (89) |
| Bucks County | 2,585 (148) |
| Delaware County | 3,361 (142) |
| Lehigh County | 2,636 (56) |
| Philadelphia County | 11,361 (274) |
| Lancaster County | 1,633 (75) |
| Chester County | 1,214 (81) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health – last update 4.28.2020 at 5:30 AM
Stay current on Montgomery County’s effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus here.
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