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Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich acknowledged the success of the Germantown mass vaccination site at Montgomery College-Germantown and the impact it had on the County’s successful vaccination efforts.


The Germantown vaccination site opened in late March after the County Executive and County Council pushed the State to place a mass vaccination site in Montgomery County. Since opening, more than 73,000 people have been vaccinated at the site. The Germantown mass vaccination site is scheduled to cease operations July 2; and the County will stand up a vaccination clinic at the Upcounty Regional Services Center in Germantown scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 6.


The Germantown mass vaccination site was the result of a partnership between Montgomery County, Holy Cross Health, Montgomery College and the Maryland Department of Health. It is the first model of collaboration between the state and a local jurisdiction. When the site opened, County health officials projected that the site would initially administer 1,300 to 1,500 doses per day and would eventually increase to 3,000 doses per day.


According to CDC data, Montgomery County is the most vaccinated County in the U.S. with a population of more than 300,000 residents. More than 65 percent of the County’s population is fully vaccinated, which is significant when compared to the percentage of the U.S. population that is fully vaccinated (46.7 percent) and the State of Maryland (52 percent).


The new Upcounty vaccination clinic will open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6 at the Upcounty Regional Services Center in Germantown located at 12900 Middlebrook Road. For additional information on vaccination locations, go to https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/vaccine/