County Records 91 New COVID-19 Cases; Nearly 50% Received Vaccine

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County registered 91 new COVID-19 cases Friday, as well as two more deaths associated with the virus.

Friday's additions push the total number of confirmed cases and deaths in the county to 69,238 and 1,462, respectively.

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 82,029, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 441,155 cases, 8,447 confirmed deaths, and 186 "probable deaths." Of the 1,188 people currently being hospitalized statewide, 289 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 5.1 percent. In Montgomery County, it's 2.78 percent — down from 2.95 percent the day before.

As of Friday, Maryland has administered 4,220,920 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Among those, 2,451,133 were first doses and 1,589,309 were second doses.

In Montgomery County, 515,473 residents (49 percent) have received their first dose. A total of 331,444 residents (31.5 percent) have already gotten their second and final shot.