Montgomery County May 22nd COVID-19 Update
Based on the information found on state and county’s COVID-19 website and the commissioner’s Thurday press briefing, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County, the Delaware Valley, and Pennsylvania.
Since the last update Wednesday afternoon, 94 new COVID-19 positive cases ranging in age from 3-years to 101-years-old were reported in Montgomery County Thursday afternoon.
Read the May 21st Montgomery County COVID-19 update here.
The 94 new cases, 55 of which were females, came from 32 municipalities.
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.22.2020
The new positive cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 6,213 countywide, 3,290 of which are females, 2,881 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.
Municipality | # of Total Cases (Deaths) |
Abington | 397 (43) |
Ambler | 97 (13) |
Bridgeport | 32 (1) |
Bryn Athyn | 2 |
Cheltenham | 471 (32) |
Collegeville | 12 |
Conshohocken | 35 |
Douglass | 28 (1) |
East Greenville | 11 |
East Norriton | 137 (6) |
Franconia | 72 (10) |
Green Lane | 3 |
Hatfield Borough | 22 |
Hatfield Township | 128 (2) |
Hatboro | 22 (1) |
Horsham | 136 (21) |
Jenkintown | 27 |
Lansdale | 169 (15) |
Limerick | 68 |
Lower Frederick | 16 |
Lower Gwynedd | 131 (22) |
Lower Merion | 520 (59) |
Lower Moreland | 104 (7) |
Lower Pottsgrove | 40 |
Lower Providence | 326 (6) |
Lower Salford | 59 (1) |
Marlborough | 7 |
Montgomeryville | 187 (27) |
Narberth | 17 |
New Hanover | 31 |
North Wales | 11 |
Norristown | 602 (35) |
Pennsburg | 3 |
Perkiomen | 34 |
Plymouth Township | 99 (5) |
Pottstown | 106 (2) |
Rockledge | 15 (1) |
Red Hill | 5 |
Royersford | 24 |
Salford | 11 |
Schwenksville | 9 |
Skippack | 53 (5) |
Souderton | 72 |
Springfield | 470 (76) |
Telford | 27 |
Towamencin | 105 (13) |
Trappe | 19 (1) |
Upper Dublin | 147 (15) |
Upper Frederick | 5 |
Upper Gwynedd | 100 (31) |
Upper Hanover | 16 |
Upper Merion | 149 (12) |
Upper Moreland | 211 (15) |
Upper Pottsgrove | 18 (1) |
Upper Providence | 173 (50) |
Upper Salford | 6 |
West Conshohocken | 8 |
West Norriton | 101 (1) |
West Pottsgrove | 15 |
Whitemarsh | 135 (18) |
Whitpain | 109 (7) |
Worcester | 38 (3) |
Total | 6,213 (558) |
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Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.22.2020
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 94 new COVID-19 cases reported by the county Wednesday afternoon, 22 were residents or staff of one of the 94 long-term care facilities in the county self-reporting at least one COVID-19 case.
Over the last 24 hours, 10 new coronavirus related death of individuals ranging in age from 50- to 101-years-old were reported in Montgomery County.
The new deaths bring the total COVID-19 death toll countywide to 558 individuals.
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.22.2020
Source: Montgomery County COVID-19 Site – Last Update: 5.22.2020
The county’s COVID-19 death toll of 558 is 11.5% of the 4,869 deaths attributed to the coronavirus statewide.
The County’s 6,213 COVID-19 cases represent 9.5-percent of the 65,392 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania.
By comparison, as of noon Wednesday when the state updated their coronavirus case count, with the exception of Philadelphia County with 16,840 COVID-19 positive cases and 1,178 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 | 3,784(279) |
Bucks County | 4,726 (442) |
Delaware County | 5,969 (481) |
Lehigh County | 3,586 (192) |
Philadelphia County | 16,840 (1,178) |
Lancaster County | 2,690 (269) |
Chester County | 2,267 (238) |
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health – last update 5.22.2020
Get the latest Montgomery County’s coronavirus news every morning on MONTCO Today.
Previous COVID-19 daily updates:
- Thursday (May 21st)
- Wednesday (May 20th)
- uesday (May 19th)
- Monday (May 18th)
- Saturday (May 16th)
- Friday (May 15th)
- Thursday (May 14th)
- Wednesday (May 13th)
- Tuesday (May 12th)
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- Friday (May 8th)
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