Montgomery County COVID-19 May 8th Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Thursday afternoon briefing, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania.
Since the county’s last update Thursday afternoon, Montgomery County reports 105 new COVID-19 positive cases, down from the 123 new cases reported Wednesday.
Read the May 7th Montgomery County COVID-19 update here.
The 105 new cases, 59 of which were females, came from 31 municipalities.
The new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 4,839 countywide.
Of those 4,839 confirmed cases, 2,518 are females, 2,287 are males.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 across the county is 55.7 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.
Sixteen of the county’s 62 municipalities – Lower Merion (396), Springfield (390), Cheltenham (376), Abington (328), Norristown (326), Lower Providence (302), Upper Moreland (160), Upper Providence (160), Horsham (127), Whitemarsh (119), Hatfield Township (117), Upper Merion (111), Montgomeryville (114), Lower Gwynedd (106), Lansdale (105), and Upper Dublin (101) have 100 or more cases and collectively account for 68.9% of the positive coronavirus cases countywide..
| Municipality | # of Total Cases (Deaths) |
| Abington | 345 (28) |
| Ambler | 90 (9) |
| Bridgeport | 20 (1) |
| Bryn Athyns | 0 |
| Cheltenham | 376 (27) |
| Collegeville | 10 |
| Conshohocken | 30 |
| Douglass | 25 (1) |
| East Greenville | 11 |
| East Norriton | 97 (3) |
| Franconia | 57 (7) |
| Green Lane | 3 |
| Hatfield Borough | 19 |
| Hatfield Township | 117 (2) |
| Hatboro | 18 (1) |
| Horsham | 127 (16) |
| Jenkintown | 25 |
| Lansdale | 105 (7) |
| Limerick | 51 |
| Lower Frederick | 9 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 106 (14) |
| Lower Merion | 396 (37) |
| Lower Moreland | 86 (6) |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 33 |
| Lower Providence | 302 (3) |
| Lower Salford | 49 (1) |
| Marlborough | 6 |
| Montgomeryville | 114 (13) |
| Narberth | 16 |
| New Hanover | 27 |
| North Wales | 11 |
| Norristown | 326 (23) |
| Pennsburg | 2 |
| Perkiomen | 26 |
| Plymouth Township | 84 (4) |
| Pottstown | 83 |
| Rockledge | 10 (1) |
| Red Hill | 4 |
| Royersford | 17 |
| Salford | 10 |
| Schwenksville | 7 |
| Skippack | 44 (5) |
| Souderton | 58 |
| Springfield | 390 (66) |
| Telford | 24 |
| Towamincin | 87 (7) |
| Trappe | 15 (1) |
| Upper Dublin | 101 (9) |
| Upper Frederick | 5 |
| Upper Gwynedd | 84 (31) |
| Upper Hanover | 15 |
| Upper Merion | 111 (10) |
| Upper Moreland | 160 (11) |
| Upper Pottsgrove | 12 |
| Upper Providence | 160 (32) |
| Upper Salford | 6 |
| West Conshohocken | 7 |
| West Norriton | 58 |
| West Pottsgrove | 13 |
| Whitemarsh | 119 (13) |
| Whitpain | 85 (3) |
| Worcester | 32 (1) |
| Total | 4,839 (393) |
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Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.7.2020
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 123 new COVID-19 cases reported by the county Thursday afternoon, 40 were residents or staff members of a long-term care facility.
Fourteen new coronavirus related death of individuals ranging in age from 54 to 93 years-old were reported in Montgomery County on Thursday.
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.8.2020
Three hundred and twenty one (81.7%) of Montgomery County’s 393 COVID-19 deaths were of individuals residing in 13 municipalities; Springfield Township (66), Lower Merion (37), Upper Providence (32), Upper Gwynedd Township (31), Abington (28), Cheltenham (27), Norristown (23), Horsham (16), Lower Gwynedd (14), Montgomeryville (13), Whitemarsh (13) Upper Moreland (11), and Upper Merion (10).
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.8.2020
The county’s COVID-19 death toll of 393 is 11.5% of the 3,416 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s 4,839 COVID-19 cases represent 9.1-percent of the 52,915 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Thursday when the state updated their coronavirus case count, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 14,006 COVID-19 positive cases and 698 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 | 3,095 (168) |
| Bucks County | 3,613 (320) |
| Delaware County | 4,479 (376) |
| Lehigh County | 3,102 (111) |
| Philadelphia County | 14,006 (698) |
| Lancaster County | 2,070 (161) |
| Chester County | 1,673 (167) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health – last update 5.8.2020
Get the latest Montgomery County’s coronavirus news every morning on MONTCO Today.
Previous COVID-19 daily updates:
- Thursday (May 7th)
- Wednesday (May 6th)
- Tuesday (May 5th)
- Monday (May 4th)
- Saturday (May 2nd)
- Friday (May 1st)
- Thursday (April 30th)
- Wednesday (April 29th)
- Tuesday (April 28th)
- Monday (April 27th)
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