The 79 Montgomery County residents reported to be hospitalized with Covid on Monday (February 28) is just a fraction of the 669 hospitalizations that were reported as recently as January 12, at the peak of the Omicron breakout.
However, at Haverford College, according to their student-run newspaper, The Clerk, “In the past week, student COVID cases have increased more than fivefold, going from 13 cases to over 70. This is the highest number of cases the college has seen since the pandemic began.”