COVID-19 Cases Tick Up In Montgomery County, Total Hits 69,624​

BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County registered 96 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, as well as three more deaths associated with the virus.

The latest additions push the total number of confirmed cases and deaths in the county to 69,624 and 1,475, respectively.

Health officials believe that 46 others 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 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 82,663, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 445,493 cases, 8,521 confirmed deaths, and 188 "probable deaths." Of the 1,093 people currently being hospitalized statewide, 272 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

The positivity rate measures the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive in a one-week span. According to data released Wednesday, Maryland's test positivity rate is 3.89 percent. In Montgomery County, it's 2.05 percent — down from 2.15 percent the day before.

To date, Maryland has administered 4,488,901 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Among those, 2,582,101 were first doses and 1,725,218 were second doses.

In Montgomery County, 543,696 residents (51.7 percent) have received their first dose. A total of 365,861 residents (34.8 percent) have already gotten their second and final shot.