Montgomery County May 16th COVID-19 Update
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.
On Friday, Montgomery County reported 120 new COVID-19 positive cases ranging in age from 10- to 104-years-old.
Read the May 14th Montgomery County COVID-19 update here.
The 120 new cases, 72 of which were females, came from 32 municipalities.
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.16.2020
The new positive cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 5,642 countywide, 2,968 of which are females, 2,636 are males.
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.
Seventeen of the county’s 62 municipalities (27.4%) – Norristown (473), Lower Merion (472), Cheltenham (452), Springfield (440), Abington (376), Lower Providence (319), Montgomeryville (185), Upper Moreland (174), Upper Providence (170), Lansdale (145), Upper Dublin (139), Horsham (129), Whitemarsh (129), Upper Merion (129), Hatfield Township (122), Lower Gwynedd (122), and East Norriton (122) have 100 or more cases and collectively account for 72.6% of the positive coronavirus cases countywide..
Municipality | # of Total Cases (Deaths) |
Abington | 376 (34) |
Ambler | 91 (11) |
Bridgeport | 25 (1) |
Bryn Athyns | 2 |
Cheltenham | 452 (28) |
Collegeville | 11 |
Conshohocken | 32 |
Douglass | 26 (1) |
East Greenville | 11 |
East Norriton | 122 (5) |
Franconia | 67 (7) |
Green Lane | 3 |
Hatfield Borough | 20 |
Hatfield Township | 122 (2) |
Hatboro | 19 (1) |
Horsham | 129 (18) |
Jenkintown | 27 |
Lansdale | 145 (9) |
Limerick | 58 |
Lower Frederick | 12 |
Lower Gwynedd | 122 (18) |
Lower Merion | 472 (48) |
Lower Moreland | 94 (6) |
Lower Pottsgrove | 37 |
Lower Providence | 319 (4) |
Lower Salford | 55 (1) |
Marlborough | 6 |
Montgomeryville | 185 (25) |
Narberth | 16 |
New Hanover | 27 |
North Wales | 11 |
Norristown | 473 (28) |
Pennsburg | 3 |
Perkiomen | 31 |
Plymouth Township | 89 (5) |
Pottstown | 97 (2) |
Rockledge | 14 (1) |
Red Hill | 5 |
Royersford | 17 |
Salford | 10 |
Schwenksville | 8 |
Skippack | 52 (5) |
Souderton | 63 |
Springfield | 440 (69) |
Telford | 26 |
Towamencin | 90 (10) |
Trappe | 15 (1) |
Upper Dublin | 139 (11) |
Upper Frederick | 5 |
Upper Gwynedd | 92 (31) |
Upper Hanover | 15 |
Upper Merion | 129 (10) |
Upper Moreland | 174 (12) |
Upper Pottsgrove | 16 (1) |
Upper Providence | 170 (43) |
Upper Salford | 6 |
West Conshohocken | 8 |
West Norriton | 76 (1) |
West Pottsgrove | 15 |
Whitemarsh | 129 (13) |
Whitpain | 98 (4) |
Worcester | 35 (1) |
Total | 5,636 (467) |
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Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.16.2020
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 120 new COVID-19 cases reported by the county Friday afternoon, 36 were residents of one of the 94 long-term care facilities in the county reporting at least one CIVID-19 case.
The 36 new cases bring the total number of long-term care facility cases to 2,229, 1,634 of which are residents and the remaining 595 cases are individuals who work at a long-term care facility in the county.
Thirteen new coronavirus related death of individuals ranging in age from 59- to 104-years-old were reported in Montgomery County Friday. The new deaths bring the total COVID-19 death toll countywide to 467 individuals.
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.16.2020
Four hundred and nine (88%) of Montgomery County’s 467 COVID-19 deaths were of individuals residing in 26-percent (16) municipalities; Springfield Township (69), Lower Merion (48), Upper Providence (43), Abington (34), Upper Gwynedd (31), Cheltenham (28), Norristown (28), Montgomeryville (25), Horsham (18), Lower Gwynedd (18), Whitemarsh (13), Upper Moreland (12), Upper Dublin (11), Ambler (11), Towamencin (10) and Upper Merion (10).
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.16.2020
The county’s COVID-19 death toll of 467 is 10.8% of the 4,342 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s 5,642 COVID-19 cases represent 9.3-percent of the 60,622 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 15,835 COVID-19 positive cases and 1,004 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 | 3,593 (207) |
Bucks County | 4,325 (410) |
Delaware County | 5,409 (466) |
Lehigh County | 3,396 (136) |
Philadelphia County | 15,835 (1,004) |
Lancaster County | 2,428 (186) |
Chester County | 2,060 (218) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health – last update 5.16.2020
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