NORRISTOWNÂ â Montgomery County officials and the Office of Public Health Tuesday reported 34 additional COVID-19 deaths in the county from Dec. 23-29. Over the past week, 2,357 additional people tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the countywide total to 32,441 cases and 1,002 deaths.
Seven of the individuals who died of COVID-19 resided in a long-term care facility. Of the new cases, 96 of the new cases are in long-term care facilities. None of the reported positive COVID-19 cases resulted from antibody testing.
âThis week, our Department of Public Safety and Office of Public Health staff administered more than 400 doses of vaccine to our frontline Emergency Medical Services providers,â said county Commissioners Chairwoman Dr. Valerie A. Arkoosh.
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ALLENTOWN – Montgomery County health authorities argue that a federal lawsuit brought by a group of citizens, claiming the lives of schoolchildren are being negatively impacted by a switch from in-person learning to virtual learning, is moot and should be dismissed for failure to state a claim.
John Mark Niehls, Elizabeth Weir, Andrew Amrhein and Kate Amrhein of Montgomery County filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Nov. 20 versus the Montgomery County Office of Public Health and the Montgomery County Board of Health, both of Norristown.
(An amended complaint was filed on Nov. 30.)
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