Montgomery County is currently facing a significant increase in respiratory illnesses, with health officials warning that 2026 is on track to be a record-breaking year for flu infections.
“We are seeing numbers that we probably haven’t seen since before COVID,” said Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Kisha Davis in a recent interview with MCM. She also shared that the county has officially crossed a critical public health threshold, leading to new recommendations for residents and healthcare facilities.
That means that respiratory illnesses in the community reached 10 per 100,000 residents, which indicates a high transmission rate that often serves as a warning to a surge in hospitalizations…