COVID-19 Cases In Montgomery County Rise By 89; Total Hits 24,015

Alessia Grunberger
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SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County on Thursday added 89 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the local total to 24,015 infections.

Meanwhile, one more person has died from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. That pushes the local death toll to 820.

Another 40 people, health officials believe, had the disease but died before ever getting tested. For now, they are considered "probable deaths" — and won't be added to the official fatality count until they are confirmed by a laboratory test.

Montgomery County has 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 31,102, according to the latest figures.

Across Maryland, there have been 133,548 cases, 3,883 confirmed deaths, and 145 "probable deaths." Of the 412 people that are currently hospitalized, 109 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

This article originally appeared on the Silver Spring Patch