Montgomery Co. Towns With Highest, Lowest COVID Positivity Rate

King of Prussia PA

30 November, 2020

2:01 PM

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — Coming out of Thanksgiving weekend, coronavirus numbers in Montgomery County remain at their highest levels of the pandemic, with community spread happening in municipalities throughout the region. However, certain municipalities are seeing sharper rises than others, according to several of the metrics utilized by both the county and the state to measure the course of the virus. The percent positivity rate on all tests — considered a good barometer amid the fall surge because it accounts for the increased testing capacity — is at 8.0 percent countywide. But in many municipalities, that rate is over 10 percent, with some sneaking into the teens, according to the most recently available county statistics covering the two week period leading up to Nov. 19. Statewide, the percent positivity rate is 11.7 percent, so much of the county is still doing better than that. But these numbers are more than double the 5 percent rate which is considered the threshold for what is "concerning." Only three municipalities in the county, Lower Merion, Narberth, and Bryn Athyn, are below that level. Another metric, the county's incidence rate of the virus per 100,000 residents, now sits at 240.8. That's also better than the state number of 323.4, though it's increased significantly over recent weeks. The county now has 342 patients hospitalized, an increase from the 270 reported on Nov. 24. Ventilator usage among COVID patients has risen from 30 to 41 over the same time frame; 428 ventilators remain available, according to the latest statistics. >>Montgomery County Expands Hours For COVID Testing Sites Here's a look at each Montgomery County municipality, listed in order of its percent positivity rate on tests averaged over the last 14 days. It should be noted that several of the municipalities toward the top of the list, places like Rockledge, Red Hill, and Green Lane, have small populations, and their positivity rate is the result of only a small number of cases. Red Hill - 20.7 percentGreen Lane - 20 percentRockledge - 15.7 percentUpper Hanover - 13.65 percentSalford - 13.64 percentWorcester - 12.39 percentUpper Moreland - 12.02 percentNorth Wales - 11.11 percentMarlborough - 11.7 percentAmbler - 11.6 percentLower Salford - 11.54 percentJenkintown - 11.47 percentLimerick - 11.07 percentHatfield Borough -10.98 percentWest Norriton - 10.94 percentHatfield Township - 10.82 percentEast Greenville - 10.7 percentLansdale - 10.57 percentWest Conshohocken - 10.53 percentLower Pottsgrove - 10.33 percentLower Moreland - 10.06 percentHorsham - 10.05 percentCheltenham - 10.02 percentDouglass - 9.85 percentPennsburg - 9.55 percentTowamencin - 9.52 percentHatboro - 9.39 percentLower Providence - 9.28 percentSkippack - 9.22 percentEast Norriton - 9.06 percentUpper Pottsgrove - 9.03 percentBridgeport - 8.91 percentConshohocken - 8.75 percentCollegeville - 8.49 percentTelford - 8.47 percentPottstown - 8.4 percentSouderton - 8.33 percentNew Hanover - 8.32 percentLower Frederick - 8.26 percentUpper Frederick - 8.23 percentAbington - 8.18 percentPlymouth - 7.95 percentUpper Dublin - 7.81 percentMontgomery Township - 7.73 percentFranconia - 7.7 percentPerkiomen - 7.54 percentTrappe - 7.26 percentWest Pottsgrove - 7.25 percentNorristown - 6.8 percentWhitpain - 6.57 percentUpper Merion - 6.55 percentWhitemarsh - 6.5 percentRoyersford - 6.49 percentUpper Providence - 5.96 percentSchwenksville - 5.71 percentUpper Salford - 5.69 percentSpringfield - 5.47 percentLower Gwynedd - 5.25 percentLower Merion - 4.49 percentNarberth - 4.03 percentBryn Athyn - 3.7 percent