488 COVID-19 Cases, Six Deaths Added Overnight In Montgomery Co.

ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County registered 488 new COVID-19 infections overnight, up from 460 on Monday, data released by the Maryland Department of Health showed.

Tuesday's addition pushes the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 52,015.

In the past 24 hours, six more people have died from the virus. That brings the local death toll to 1,146.

Another 43 people, health officials believe, had the disease 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.

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 60,505, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 312,351 coronavirus cases, 6,196 confirmed deaths, and 171 "probable deaths." Of the 1,952 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 456 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).