WHYY
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Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners. (Zoom)
Montgomery County reported 495 new COVID-19 cases since last week and the grand total since the beginning of the pandemic is 58,149.
The county also reported 12 additional deaths in the past week bringing the total to 1,314 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19.
Hospitalizations plummeted this week from 202 individuals on May 5 to 141.
“Our positivity rate is moving firmly in the right direction which is really great news. Our 14-day average positivity rate is 5.68% as of Thursday, May 6 compared with 6.86% as of Thursday, April 29,” said Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.