COVID-19 Cases In Montgomery Co. Rise By 177; Total Hits 28,146​​

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County on Thursday added 177 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths, pushing its overall totals to 28,146 infections and 860 fatalities.

Forty-one 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 they are confirmed by a lab test.

The county — which is home to roughly 1.1 million residents — has 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 35,336, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 159,900 coronavirus cases, 4,112 confirmed deaths, and 149 "probable deaths." Of the 863 patients being hospitalized for the disease statewide, 199 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).