County's COVID-19 Case Total Hits 70,615​; Deaths Reach 1,492

ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County registered 30 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, as well as one more death associated with the virus.

The latest additions push the total number of confirmed cases and deaths in the county to 70,615 and 1,492, respectively.

The local 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 84,608, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 457,084 cases, 8,768 confirmed deaths, and 191 "probable deaths." Of the 555 people currently being hospitalized statewide, 143 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 Thursday, Maryland's test positivity rate is 2.06 percent. In Montgomery County, it's 1.25 percent — down from 1.29 percent the day before.

To date, Maryland has administered 5,742,091 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Among those, 3,066,993 were first doses and 2,454,258 were second doses.

In Montgomery County, 630,287 residents (60 percent) have received their first dose. A total of 510,307 residents (48.6 percent) have already gotten their second and final shot.