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FONDA Montgomery County is starting to see a glimpse of normalcy as the COVID-19 virus positivity rate continues to decrease and nursing home visitation has opened.
Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort announced during the county’s weekly update that nursing home visitation has restarted in which visitors must take a rapid test before entering any facility.
“This hopefully is a good sign that things are going to start heading in a better direction,” Ossenfort said.
He said numbers continue to trend downwards. The county only saw 107 new cases this week which is the lowest total number of positive cases the county has seen since January. In January, the county had as many as 393 total positives in one week.
bohara@leaderherald.com
FONDA After several weeks of Montgomery County seeing a sharp incline in the number of residents testing positive with COVID-19, those numbers are starting to decline, according to local representatives.
During the weekly COVID-19 briefing, Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort said there were 248 positive cases this week, which is 28 less than what the county saw last week. Last week the county had 276 positive cases and the week prior, the county had 392 positive cases. Ossenfort also said the number of patients at St. Mary’s Hospital is also easing.
“It appears that we’re coming down off that holiday rush,” Ossenfort said. “Obviously 248 cases in a week is still a lot, but at least it appears that we’re heading in the right direction.”