New Case, Vaccination Rates In Bethesda, Montgomery County

BETHESDA, CHEVY CHASE, MD — New coronavirus case rate data has been released in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Montgomery County in Maryland. As of Saturday, there have been at least 5,358 cases of COVID-19 in Bethesda and Chevy Chase since the start of the pandemic, although the number is almost certainly higher, because the Maryland Department of Health does not provide case numbers for the 20810, 20811, 20813, 20824, 20825, and 20894 ZIP codes. Here is the ZIP code data available:

20814: 1478
20815: 1400
20816: 642
20817: 1697
20889: 57
20892: 84

The Maryland Department of Health was able to provide vaccination data for the following ZIP codes in Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

20814:

• Received at least one dose: 22,936 people (79.2%)
• Fully vaccinated: 21,298 people (73.6%)

20815

• At least one dose: 21,872 (71.7%)
• Fully vaccinated: 20,091 (65.8%)

20816:

• At least one dose: 12131 (74.1%)
• Fully vaccinated: 11103 (67.8%)

20817:

• At least one dose: 28,968 (78.9%)
• Fully vaccinated: 26,795 (73%)

These numbers are roughly comparable to Montgomery County, where 784,572 people, or 74.6% of county residents, have received at least one dose, and 712,083 people, or 67.9%, are fully vaccinated, according to the county’s COVID-19 dashboard.

The county case rate continues to be significantly lower than its neighbors. According to the latest data, the county’s number of cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days is 54.2. By contrast, the District of Columbia’s rate is 100.6, Prince George’s County is 78.3, and Fairfax County in Virginia is 79.2.