Zero New COVID-19 Deaths Reported In MoCo, Case Total Hits 69,964

BETHESDA, MD — Montgomery County registered 42 new coronavirus infections overnight, data released by the Maryland Department of Health showed.

For Maryland's most populous jurisdiction, Monday's addition pushes the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 69,964.

No new COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. The local death toll remains at 1,477.

The latest fatality count does not include the 46 others whose deaths were linked to the virus but never confirmed by a lab test. For now, they are considered "probable deaths."

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 83,310, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 449,509 cases, 8,605 confirmed deaths, and 191 "probable deaths." Of the 953 people currently being hospitalized statewide, 265 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 Monday, Maryland's test positivity rate is 3.69 percent. In Montgomery County, it's 2.02 percent — up from 1.86 percent the day before.

To date, Maryland has administered 4,902,525 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Among those, 2,778,814 were first doses and 1,932,884 were second doses.

In Montgomery County, 564,356 residents (53.7 percent) have received their first dose. A total of 397,148 residents (37.8 percent) have already gotten their second and final shot.