Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics
The Maryland Department of Health reported 393 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Thursday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 49,257.
Montgomery County recorded five new coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,119.
The county has a rate of 8.19% for positive COVID-19 tests, which is a decrease of 0.21 from Wednesday’s rate of 8.4%. The county’s positivity rate is lower than in 18 of Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions.
Montgomery County leads the state in total COVID-19 related fatalities. Prince George’s County has the second-highest number with 1,090 fatalities and the most coronavirus cases in the state with 57,771 cases.
Allegany County in the western region of the state has the most cases per capita at 79.9 cases per 1,000 residents. Somerset County has the second-highest per capita cases with 74.6 cases per 1,000 residents.
Maryland COVID-19 Statistics
Thursday the state recorded 2,970 new infections. The new cases bring the state’s cumulative case count to 295,874.
On Thursday, the state reported 1,834 patients were hospitalized across the state with the virus. This is the second-highest number of hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic.
Thursday the state recorded 44 newly reported deaths, bringing the state death toll 6,004.
The state reported a rate of 9.31% for positive COVID-19 tests Thursday. This is a decrease of 0.13 from Wednesday’s rate of 9.44%.
