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145 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the county Monday bringing the cumulative total to 74,807. The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in a hospital continues to climb. On Aug 1, 26 patients with COVID-19 were being treated in a hospital. This represents 2% of the inpatient hospital beds in the county. […]

Around the country nursing homes struggle to get their staffs inoculated with the COVID-19. But overall, Montgomery County nursing homes stand out for managing to get the vast majority of their workers vaccinated. According to the New York Times, about 40% of the country’s nursing home work force remains unvaccinated. Data from Maryland Department of […]

El jueves, el gobierno local informó de 144 nuevos casos de COVID-19 en el condado de Montgomery, lo que eleva el total acumulado a 73,452 casos. El condado ha promediado 122 nuevos casos diarios desde el 6 de agosto para un total de 856 casos nuevos. Durante la semana anterior, el número de casos nuevos […]

On Thursday, 144 new cases of COVID-19 in the county were reported, bringing the cumulative total to 73,452. The county has averaged 122 new cases daily since Aug. 6 for a total of 856 new cases. During the previous week, the number of new cases was 605, with an average of 86 cases daily. The […]

Montgomery County’s COVID-19 community transmission rate continues to climb. As of Sunday, Montgomery County is reporting a rate of 66.1 new cases per 100,000 persons in the past seven days. The CDC considers this a substantial rate and recommends face masks be worn indoors regardless of a person’s vaccination status. County officials recently passed a […]

Montgomery County’s community transmission rate for COVID-19 continues to increase. As of Thursday, Montgomery County is reporting a rate of 57.6 new cases per 100,000 persons in the past seven days. Thursday, the Montgomery County Council held a public hearing and voted on the new health regulation requiring face masks in public indoor areas where […]

Montgomery County continues to see a moderate level of COVID-19 community transmission. As of Tuesday, the CDC reported Montgomery County has a rate of 48.54 new cases per 100,000 persons. The next level of community transmission defined by the CDC is “substantial” which is defined as 50 to 99.99 total new cases per 100,000 persons […]

Montgomery County continues to see a moderate level of COVID-19 community transmission as reported by the CDC. July 27 the CDC revised face mask guidance due to the increase in COVID-19 cases across the country. The new guidance recommends face masks be worn indoors in areas of substantial transmission regardless of vaccination status. Last week […]

Montgomery County has seen an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases since early July and may reinstate the indoor mask mandate. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Montgomery County leads the state with nearly 80% of its population vaccinated with at least 1 dose. While other areas of the country with fewer vaccinated […]

A resident of Silver Spring was awarded a $50,000 VaxU lottery scholarship yesterday, July 26, according to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. This resident is the third Montgomery County VaxU scholarship winner out of six Marylanders. A resident from Potomac and a resident from Silver Spring were chosen in the first drawing on July 12.  […]