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Montgomery County Nears 19K Coronavirus Cases, Hits 769 Deaths
Five months after the pandemic hit Montgomery County, health officials are reporting 18,819 coronavirus cases and 769 fatalities.
SILVER SPRING, MD — Another 67 coronavirus cases were tallied in Montgomery County overnight, according to state health officials, bringing its total to 18,819.
In that same time span, one more person has died from COVID-19 — the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus — pushing the local fatality count to 769. Another 39 people, health officials say, may have died from the virus, but a laboratory test is still needed to confirm the cause of death.
The county 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 24,442, according to the latest figures.
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Statewide, there have been 98,875 confirmed cases, 3,495 deaths, and 136 "confirmed deaths."
Of the 457 people currently hospitalized, 107 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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