Daily COVID-19 Cases In County Drop To Lowest Level Since July 6

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County recorded 47 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, its lowest single-day tally since July 6, data from the Maryland Health Department showed.

The latest figure pushes the county's confirmed total to 19,646. Meanwhile, one more person has died from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. That brings the local death toll to 777.

The fatality count does not include the 39 others whose deaths were linked to the virus, but never confirmed by a lab test. They are considered "probable deaths" — and will not be added to the official total until a lab can confirm them.

The county — which is home to roughly 1.1 million people — 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 25,705, according to the latest figures.

Statewide, there have been 105,486 confirmed cases, 3,574 deaths, and 143 "probable deaths."

Of the 432 currently hospitalized for the virus, 106 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).