COVID-19 In Montgomery County: 55,531​ Cases, 1,212 Deaths

BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County added 328 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths on Thursday, pushing its overall totals to 55,531 infections and 1,212 fatalities.

Forty-four 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 64,355, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 334,519 coronavirus cases, 6,560 confirmed deaths, and 175 "probable deaths." Of the 1,812 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 424 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).