County COVID-19 Death Toll Remains At 1,487​; Total Hits 70,442

ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County registered 48 new COVID-19 cases Friday, pushing its total since March 2020 to 70,442.

Zero new deaths were reported overnight. The local death toll remains at 1,487.

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 84,257, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 455,257 cases, 8,716 confirmed deaths, and 192 "probable deaths." Of the 680 people currently being hospitalized statewide, 191 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 Friday, Maryland's test positivity rate is 2.6 percent. In Montgomery County, it's 1.46 percent — down from 1.5 percent the day before.

To date, Maryland has administered 5,449,741 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Among those, 2,947,768 were first doses and 2,291,363 were second doses.

In Montgomery County, 601,610 residents (57.2 percent) have received their first dose. A total of 476,104 residents (45.3 percent) have already gotten their second and final shot.