1-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized With Coronavirus In Montgomery County

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — The second pediatric case of coronavirus in Montgomery County was discovered on Wednesday, health officials announced. The one-year-old boy, a Royersford resident, has been hospitalized and is unknown condition.

A two-year-old girl from New Hanover tested positive for the virus on Monday. Authorities have not released any information on her condition.

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Eight new positive cases were found in county Wednesday, bringing Montgomery County's total to 42, and the state's total to 133. The first death in the state was also reported, from an individual in Northampton County.

In addition to the one-year-old boy, another of Wednesday's positives, a 51-year-old man, is currently hospitalized.

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Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh confirmed community spread of the disease on Wednesday, and noted that because of that, they would no longer be completing contact tracing.

Community spread is how health officials describe the spread of the disease when they cannot trace how an individual became infected.

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"This shift is not unexpected, and is consistent with a highly communicable disease like COVID-19," Arkoosh said.

A total of 512 individuals were quarantined in the county as of Wednesday morning, but that number will no longer be reported as contact tracing has ceased.