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County Health Officials Report 343 New Cases, 4 More Deaths
Montgomery County registered 343 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, up from 147 the day before. The total now sits at 59,782 cases.
BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County recorded 343 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, raising its total number of infections to 59,782.
Health officials also reported four new deaths linked to the virus. The county's death toll now sits at 1,280.
The latest fatality count does not include the 44 others whose deaths were linked to the virus but never confirmed by a lab test. For now, they are considered "probable deaths."
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Montgomery County 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 68,772, according to the latest figures.
Across Maryland, there have been 359,037 coronavirus cases, 7,074 confirmed deaths, and 177 "probable deaths." Of the 1,426 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 340 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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