2 Deaths, 113 New Coronavirus Cases In Montgomery County

NORRISTOWN, PA — Two more Montgomery County residents died from coronavirus, officials announced Thursday, bringing the county's death toll to 12. In addition, 113 new cases were announced.

The victims were a 79-year-old man from Springfield Township, and an 86-year-old man from Upper Providence. Both men were hospitalized at the time of their deaths, and both had underlying medical conditions.

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The 113 new cases brings the county's total to 707, as of Thursday afternoon. Among those 113 new cases was the county's youngest infected resident to date: a one-month-old child. It's not known if the child is hospitalized.

While Thursday marks one of the largest single day increases in new positives in Montgomery County, officials reminded the public that the increases are expected, and are at least partially due to an increase the number of test results coming back.

Furthermore, more important than the total number of cases, Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh said, is the percentage of positive tests which return as positives. The daily fluctuations in new cases is less indicative of any trends than that percentage number.

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Thus far, the percentage of tests which have come back as positive in Montgomery County has maintained at around 13 percent, according to officials.

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