Montgomery Records 310 New Coronavirus Cases; Deaths Total 1,196

Rockville MD

19 January, 2021

11:32 AM

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ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County added 310 new COVID-19 cases and six new deaths on Tuesday, pushing its overall totals to 54,835 infections and 1,196 fatalities. Forty-four others, health officials say, may have had the virus, but died before ever getting tested. For now, they are considered "probable deaths." They won't be added to the official fatality count until confirmatory lab tests are performed. Montgomery County — which is home to roughly 1 million residents — continues to have the highest number of deaths in the state. It also has the second-highest number of confirmed cases, after Prince George's County, which has 63,592, according to the latest figures. Across Maryland, there have been 330,186 coronavirus cases, 6,476 confirmed deaths, and 174 "probable deaths." Of the 1,875 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 411 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).