The number of Montgomery County residents hospitalized with Covid-19 has fallen to its lowest level since August of 2021. As recently as January 12, 669 county residents were hospitalized with Covid. Today that number was 50, the same as it was on August 2, 2021.
The county began tracking Covid hospitalizations on March 27, 2020. There were 47 patients in Montgomery County, hospitlized with Covid at that time. Only four weeks later, the number of county residents hospitalized with Covid had spiked to 438. From that point, the number fell steadily until September of 2020, when it got as low as 25. Then it jumped again, reaching 546, in December of 2020.
There were several less dramatic peaks and valleys throughout the first half of 2021. By July 4, 2021, the county reported only 11 patients hospitalized with Covid-19.