Montgomery County COVID-19 Update: Saturday – May 2nd
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Friday 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 Friday morning, Montgomery County reported 119 new COVID-19 cases, down from the 159 new cases reported Thursday.
Read yesterday’s Montgomery County COVID-19 update here.
The 159 new cases, 61 of which were males, came from 31 municipalities and range in age from 11 to 104 years-old.
The new positive cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 4,310 countywide.
Of those 4,310 confirmed cases, 2,058 are male, 2,220 are female.
The average age of individuals with COVID-19 across the county is 55.3 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.
Thirteen of the county’s 62 municipalities – Lower Merion (366), Springfield (362), Cheltenham (335), Abington (309), Lower Providence (276), Norristown (264), Upper Moreland (151), Upper Providence (145), Horsham (123), Whitemarsh (111), Montgomeryville (108), Hatfield Township (106) and Upper Merion (100) have 100 or more cases and collectively account for 2,756 (63.9%) of the positive coronavirus cases countywide.
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| Municipality | # of Total Cases (Deaths) |
| Abington | 309 (24) |
| Ambler | 76 (6) |
| Bridgeport | 14 |
| Bryn Athyns | 0 |
| Cheltenham | 335 (19) |
| Collegeville | 10 |
| Conshohocken | 28 |
| Douglass | 23 |
| East Greenville | 8 |
| East Norriton | 88 (3) |
| Franconia | 31 |
| Green Lane | 2 |
| Hatfield Borough | 19 |
| Hatfield Township | 106 (2) |
| Hatboro | 17 (1) |
| Horsham | 123 (15) |
| Jenkintown | 25 |
| Lansdale | 85 (4) |
| Limerick | 45 |
| Lower Frederick | 7 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 80 (11) |
| Lower Merion | 366 (16) |
| Lower Moreland | 79 (4) |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 31 |
| Lower Providence | 276 (1) |
| Lower Salford | 45 |
| Marlborough | 6 |
| Montgomeryville | 108 (11) |
| Narberth | 15 |
| New Hanover | 25 |
| North Wales | 9 |
| Norristown | 264 (13) |
| Pennsburg | 2 |
| Perkiomen | 25 |
| Plymouth Township | 80 (3) |
| Pottstown | 70 |
| Rockledge | 9 (1) |
| Red Hill | 4 |
| Royersford | 17 |
| Salford | 10 |
| Schwenksville | 7 |
| Skippack | 41 (4) |
| Souderton | 55 |
| Springfield | 362 (54) |
| Telford | 24 |
| Towamincin | 53 (3) |
| Trappe | 15 (1) |
| Upper Dublin | 94 (7) |
| Upper Frederick | 6 |
| Upper Gwynedd | 78 (31) |
| Upper Hanover | 13 |
| Upper Merion | 100 (9) |
| Upper Moreland | 151 (7) |
| Upper Pottsgrove | 12 |
| Upper Providence | 145 (31) |
| Upper Salford | 6 |
| West Conshohocken | 4 |
| West Norriton | 41 |
| West Pottsgrove | 13 |
| Whitemarsh | 111 (10) |
| Whitpain | 71 (1) |
| Worcester | 31 |
| Total | 4,310 (293) |
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.Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.1.2020
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 1,572 cases reported at 90 of these centers through Friday morning, 1,114 were residents and the balance, 458 cases, were of staff members of the long-term care facility.
Eighteen new coronavirus related death of individuals ranging in age from 66 to 102 years-old were reported in Montgomery County on Friday, down from th 31 deaths reported Thursday.
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.2.2020
Two hundred and thirty five (80.2%) of Montgomery County’s 293 COVID-19 deaths are in 11 municipalities; Springfield Township (54), Upper Providence (31), Upper Gwynedd Township (31), Abington (24), Cheltenham (19), Lower Merion (16), Horsham (15), Norristown (13), Lower Gwynedd (11), Montgomeryville (11) and Whitemarsh (10).
The county’s COVID-19 death toll of 293 is 12.4% of the 2,354 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s 4,310 COVID-19 cases represent 9.2-percent of the 46,971 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Friday when the state updated their coronavirus case count, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 12,544 COVID-19 positive cases and 424 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 | 2,748 (117) |
| Bucks County | 3,055 (225) |
| Delaware County | 3,848 (240) |
| Lehigh County | 2,850 (780) |
| Philadelphia County | 12,544 (424) |
| Lancaster County | 1,820 (106) |
| Chester County | 1,432 (111) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health – last update 5.2.2020
Get the latest Montgomery County’s coronavirus news every morning on MONTCO Today. Previous COVID-19 daily updates:
- Friday (May 1st)
- Thursday (April 30th)
- Wednesday (April 29th)
- Tuesday (April 28th)
- Monday (April 27th)
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