COVID-19 In Montgomery Co: 393 Cases, 5 Deaths Added Overnight

Rockville MD

07 January, 2021

11:46 AM

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ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County added 393 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths on Thursday, pushing its overall totals to 49,257 infections and 1,119 fatalities. Forty-three 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 57,771, according to the latest figures. Across Maryland, there have been 295,874 coronavirus cases, 6,004 confirmed deaths, and 169 "probable deaths." Of the 1,834 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 427 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).