For 12th Day In A Row, County's Daily Cases Hit Triple Digits

BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County reported 163 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, the 12th straight day in which the number of daily cases has tipped into triple digits.

The addition brings the county to 26,277 positive cases since the pandemic began in early March.

In the last 24 hours, one more person has died from COVID-19. The county's death toll now stands at 834.

Another 40, 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 they are confirmed by a lab test.

Montgomery County has the second highest number of deaths and cases in the state, after Prince George's County, which has 839 fatalities and 33,360 infections, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 146,995 cases, 4,007 confirmed deaths, and 148 "probable deaths." Of the 529 people that are currently hospitalized, 133 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).