Montgomery County COVID-19 Update for June 2, 2021

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX – Montgomery County Public Health District, in conjunction with the Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, would like to encourage all eligible residents to be vaccinated. Everyone 12 years of age and older is eligible for a vaccine in Texas.

Montgomery County Public Health will be administering vaccines in the clinic this Friday, June 4th. Please call 936-523-5020 for an appointment. The Public Health Clinic is located at 1300 South Loop 336 West, Conroe, TX 77304.

Hospitals, physicians’ offices, and pharmacies also have vaccines available. You can find a list of providers and additional information on the DSHS website here: https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine-hubs.aspx.

If you have questions about COVID-19 or vaccines, please call the COVID-19 Call Center at 936-523-3916. It is open Monday-Thursday from 8:00am – 4:30pm and Friday from 8:00am – 4:00pm.

Today, we can confirm:

• TOTAL cases of COVID-19 increased by 226 to 54,602 since Friday’s (5/28) report.
• ACTIVE cases of COVID-19 decreased by 78 to 980 since Friday’s (5/28) report. Today, we accounted for 191 additional inactive cases who we have been unable to contact for 30 days or more.
• 58 county residents are known, as a result of contact investigations, to be in the hospital. Contact investigations have not been initiated on all reported cases.
• 29,043 people have clinically recovered.

The Testing Positivity Rate for Montgomery County is 5% for the 2nd consecutive week. Source: UT Health, School of Public Health

*These numbers include PCR and rapid antigen testing. We do not include antibody testing.

SETRAC data for regional hospitalizations can be found here: https://bit.ly/3jwhdiV.

The COVID-19 dashboard for Montgomery County can be found here: https://coronavirus-response-moco.hub.arcgis.com/.

Do your part to slow the spread of COVID-19. The best way to protect yourself and those around you is to be vaccinated.

If you are not fully vaccinated:

• Avoid groups of people.
• Practice social distancing.
• Wear a mask in public (over your nose and mouth) or with others who live outside your household. Never share a mask with others.
• Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer frequently.
• Disinfect surfaces in your car and around your home.

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