Montgomery County June 17th COVID-19 and Testing Update

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Based on the information found on the county’s COVID-19 website, here is a snapshot of the spread of coronavirus across Montgomery County.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 18 new COVID-19 positive cases and 1 death were reported in Montgomery County.

The 18 positive individuals came from 13 municipalities and ranged in age from 8-months to 91-years-old.

The new death brings Montgomery County’s COVID-19 death toll to 778 individuals.

The new positive cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 7,864 countywide, 4,121 of which are females, 3,691 are males.

The average age of individuals with COVID-19 across the county is 52.1 years-old with the youngest patient being a 1-year-old child and a 110-year-old Abington man, the oldest.

Here is the breakdown of cases by municipality:

Municipality # of Total Cases # of Total Deaths
Norristown 1,007 54
Lower Merion 589 83
Abington 548 64
Springfield 519 88
Cheltenham 504 49
Lower Providence 456 9
Upper Moreland 246 25
Lansdale 230 29
East Norriton 210 23
Montgomery 210 30
Horsham 205 38
Upper Providence 191 53
Upper Merion 180 15
Upper Dublin 168 18
Hatfield Township 154 3
Lower Gwynedd 153 31
Whitemarsh 148 23
Lower Moreland 139 9
West Norriton 136 5
Pottstown 130 3
Ambler 127 16
Whitpain 125 14
Upper Gwynedd 124 36
Plymouth Township 122 7
Towamencin 121 24
Limerick 92 0
Souderton 85 0
Franconia 84 12
Lower Salford 72 1
Worcester 58 3
Skippack 56 6
Lower Pottsgrove 45 0
Conshohocken 41 0
Douglass 40 1
Bridgeport 39 1
New Hanover 39 0
Perkiomen 39 0
Hatfield Borough 36 0
Hatboro 33 1
Telford 32 0
Jenkintown 29 0
Royersford 27 0
Trappe 26 1
Lower Frederick 21 0
Narberth 20 0
Upper Hanover 20 0
Upper Pottsgrove 20 1
Rockledge 17 1
Collegeville 16 0
North Wales 16 0
West Pottsgrove 15 0
East Greenville 13 0
Salford 12 1
Schwenksville 10 0
Upper Frederick 10 0
Upper Salford 10 0
Marlborough 8 0
West Conshohocken 8 0
Red Hill 6 0
Pennsburg 5 0
Green Lane 3 0
Bryn Athyn 0 0

COVID-19 Testing

Montgomery County’s drive-through COVID-19 testing location on the Central Campus of Montgomery County Community College is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., by appointment only for any individual who needs or wants to be tested and as testing supplies allow, weather permitting.

No treatment will be given on-site. For more information, to find out if the site is open or closed for the day, and to register for an appointment, visit www.montcopa.org/COVID-19 or call 610.631.3000, starting at 8 a.m.

COVID-19 walk-up testing is available at the Delaware Valley Community Health Center – Norristown Regional Health Center, 1401 Dekalb Street, Norristown.

Testing is available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weather permitting, by appointment only and as testing supplies allow. Individuals who want to be tested can call 610.592.0680, starting at 8:30 a.m. or until all slots are filled plus a ten-person waitlist on the morning of the intended appointment. Spanish-speaking operators are available. 

COVID-19 walk-up testing is also available at the Montgomery County Office of Public Health Center, 364 King Street, Pottstown. Testing at the Public Health Center in Norristown is available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weather permitting, by appointment only and as testing supplies allow.

Individuals who want to be tested can call 610.970.2937, starting at 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m., or until all slots are filled on the morning of the intended appointment. Spanish-speaking operators and sign language interpreters are available.

While the above locations will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, information on additional testing sites, many of which operate over the weekend, can be found at www.montcopa.org/COVID-19 under the County Testing Information button.

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