Montgomery County May 11th COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the Commissioner’s Saturday press release, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley, and Pennsylvania.
Montgomery County reported 73 new COVID-19 positive cases Saturday, down from the 101 new cases reported the previous day.
Read the May 8th Montgomery County COVID-19 update here.
The 101 new cases, 46 of which were females, came from 29 municipalities. Sixty-one 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.
The new positive cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 5,010 countywide, 2,616 of which are females, 2,360 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.
Sixteen of the county’s 62 municipalities – Lower Merion (417), Springfield (399), Cheltenham (394), Abington (355), Norristown (354), Lower Providence (306), Upper Moreland (162), Upper Providence (165), Horsham (129), Whitemarsh (126), Hatfield Township (119), Upper Merion (115), Montgomeryville (115), Lower Gwynedd (112), Lansdale (112), and Upper Dublin (104) have 100 or more cases and collectively account for 69.5% of the positive coronavirus cases countywide..
| Municipality | # of Total Cases (Deaths) |
| Abington | 355 (30) |
| Ambler | 90 (9) |
| Bridgeport | 21 (1) |
| Bryn Athyns | 0 |
| Cheltenham | 394 (27) |
| Collegeville | 10 |
| Conshohocken | 31 |
| Douglass | 25 (1) |
| East Greenville | 11 |
| East Norriton | 99 (3) |
| Franconia | 59 (7) |
| Green Lane | 3 |
| Hatfield Borough | 19 |
| Hatfield Township | 119 (2) |
| Hatboro | 19 (1) |
| Horsham | 129 (16) |
| Jenkintown | 25 |
| Lansdale | 112 (7) |
| Limerick | 54 |
| Lower Frederick | 11 |
| Lower Gwynedd | 112 (14) |
| Lower Merion | 417 (45) |
| Lower Moreland | 86 (6) |
| Lower Pottsgrove | 35 |
| Lower Providence | 306 (4) |
| Lower Salford | 53 (1) |
| Marlborough | 6 |
| Montgomeryville | 115 (13) |
| Narberth | 16 |
| New Hanover | 27 |
| North Wales | 11 |
| Norristown | 354 (23) |
| Pennsburg | 2 |
| Perkiomen | 28 |
| Plymouth Township | 84 (4) |
| Pottstown | 88 (1) |
| Rockledge | 11 (1) |
| Red Hill | 4 |
| Royersford | 16 |
| Salford | 10 |
| Schwenksville | 7 |
| Skippack | 45 (5) |
| Souderton | 61 |
| Springfield | 399 (67) |
| Telford | 25 |
| Towamincin | 87 (7) |
| Trappe | 15 (1) |
| Upper Dublin | 104 (9) |
| Upper Frederick | 5 |
| Upper Gwynedd | 86 (31) |
| Upper Hanover | 15 |
| Upper Merion | 115 (10) |
| Upper Moreland | 162 (12) |
| Upper Pottsgrove | 13 |
| Upper Providence | 165 (39) |
| Upper Salford | 6 |
| West Conshohocken | 7 |
| West Norriton | 62 |
| West Pottsgrove | 13 |
| Whitemarsh | 126 (13) |
| Whitpain | 89 (3) |
| Worcester | 33 (1) |
| Total | 5,010 (414) |
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Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.11.2020
Nine new coronavirus related death of individuals ranging in age from 71- to 94-years-old were reported in Montgomery County Saturday.
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.11.2020
Three hundred and forty (82.1%) of Montgomery County’s 414 COVID-19 deaths were of individuals residing in 13 municipalities; Springfield Township (67), Lower Merion (45), Upper Providence (39), Upper Gwynedd Township (31), Abington (30), Cheltenham (27), Norristown (23), Horsham (16), Lower Gwynedd (14), Montgomeryville (13), Whitemarsh (13) Upper Moreland (12), and Upper Merion (10).
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.11.2020
The county’s COVID-19 death toll of 414 is 11.2% of the 3,707 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s 5,010 COVID-19 cases represent 8.8-percent of the 56,611 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Sunday when the state updated their coronavirus case count, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 14,883 COVID-19 positive cases and 857 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 | 3,371 (170) |
| Bucks County | 3,966 (341) |
| Delaware County | 4,976 (395) |
| Lehigh County | 3,241 (121) |
| Philadelphia County | 14,883 (857) |
| Lancaster County | 2,223 (166) |
| Chester County | 1,865 (184) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health – last update 5.11.2020
Get the latest Montgomery County’s coronavirus news every morning on MONTCO Today.
Previous COVID-19 daily updates:
- Friday (May 8th)
- 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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