County Adds 425 New COVID-19 Cases; Total Deaths Hit 1,012

BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County on Friday registered 425 new COVID-19 infections overnight, up from 247 on Thursday, data released by the Maryland Department of Health showed.

For Maryland's most populous jurisdiction, Friday's addition pushes the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 41,172.

In the past 24 hours, three more people have died from the virus. That brings the local death toll to 1,012.

Another 45 people, health officials believe, had the disease but died before ever getting tested. For now, they are considered "probable deaths" — and won't be added to the official fatality count until they are confirmed by a laboratory test.

The 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 49,565, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 246,553 coronavirus cases, 5,188 confirmed deaths, and 170 "probable deaths." Of the 1,686 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 399 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).