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County Tops 1.1K Coronavirus Deaths; Total Cases Reach 48,351
Since the pandemic emerged in March, Montgomery County has reported 48,351 cases and 1,104 deaths linked to COVID-19.
BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County added 262 new coronavirus cases and seven more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, bringing its totals to 48,351 infections and 1,104 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 56,813, according to the latest figures.
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Across Maryland, there have been 289,758 coronavirus cases, 5,913 confirmed deaths, and 169 "probable deaths." Of the 1,771 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 410 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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