More Than 212K Fully Vaccinated In Montgomery County

CONROE, TX — More than 212,000 Montgomery County residents have been fully vaccinated, the Montgomery County Public Health District announced in its weekly update Wednesday.

A total of 212,005 county residents have been fully vaccinated, according to statistics from the Texas Department of State Health Services. That is 42.14 percent of Montgomery County's vaccine-eligible residents age 12 and older.

MCPHD announced that the positive test rate dipped to 4 percent after staying steady at 5 percent the past three weeks. The positive test rate has followed a steady decline since rising to 10 percent in late March, according to statistics from the University of Texas School of Public Health.

Health officials added 242 cases since last week's update, bringing the county's total to 55,208. Active cases continue to fall as Montgomery County currently has 739 active cases of COVID-19, a decrease of 161 since last week. It's the lowest total of active cases since mid-June 2020. There are a total of 54 people hospitalized in Montgomery County, two less than last week, with 10 of those in intensive care.

MCPHD also confirmed the deaths of six more county residents with COVID-19, bringing the county's total to 327. Two Magnolia men in their 50s and a Magnolia woman in her 60s were among those who died, along with a Conroe woman in her 50s, a Porter man in his 50s and a New Caney man in his 80s. All but the Porter man had co-morbidities in addition to COVID-19.