Positivity rate falls to 2.79 percent

EAGLEVILLE » Although the COVID-19 pandemic still holds a strong presence, the area’s positivity rate fell below 3 percent, according to Montgomery County Commissioners’ Chairwoman Val Arkoosh.

“That’s again really good news, and that is the case even though we have continued to test pretty much the same number of people,” Arkoosh said during a virtual press conference on Wednesday.

There was a 2.79 percent positivity rate discovered when testing 22,610 people over a 14-day average, Arkoosh cited figures