County Executive Marc Elrich tweeted on Thursday afternoon that Montgomery County’s Community Level Status dropped to Low. “Encouraging news as our COVID-19 community level status drops to ‘low.’ Health experts say community transmission rates remain high at 13.3% per 7-day average. Please make sure everyone in your family stays up to date on vaccines and boosters.”
Additional Covid-19 information for Montgomery County can be found on the county’s Covid-19 Information Portal. The COVID-19 community level is determined by the higher of the new admissions and inpatient beds metrics, based on the current level of new cases per 100,000 population in the past 7 days. To find out the COVID-19 community level:
- First determine whether a county, state, or territory has fewer than 200 new cases per 100,000 people in the past 7 days or 200 new cases or more per 100,000 people in the past 7 days.
- Then, determine the level (low, medium, or high) for the new admissions and inpatient beds and indicators using the scale for the area’s number for new cases.
- The COVID-19 Community Level is based on the higher of the new admissions and inpatient beds metrics.
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Check Montgomery County’s COVID-19 Community Level.
Encouraging news as our COVID-19 community level status drops to 'low.' Health experts say community transmission rates remain high at 13.3% per 7-day average. Please make sure everyone in your family stays up to date on vaccines and boosters. https://t.co/UwFwH7GjCH @MoCoDHHS pic.twitter.com/sRkE5ndgLF
— Montgomery County, MD – County Exec Marc Elrich (@MontCoExec) August 18, 2022