Montgomery County Records 380 New COVID-19 Cases and Six Deaths Tuesday

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

The Maryland Department of Health reported 380 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Tuesday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 42,551.

Montgomery County recorded six new coronavirus-related fatalities Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 1,025.

The county has a rolling seven-day average of 6.13% for positive COVID-19 tests, which is a decrease of 0.02 from Monday’s average rate of 6.15%. The county’s positivity rate is lower than in 19 of Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions.

 

Montgomery County leads the state in total COVID-19 related fatalities but not in total cases; Prince George’s County has 1,015 fatalities and the most coronavirus cases in the state with 51,006 cases.

Allegany County in the western region of the state has the most cases per capita at 72.8 cases per 1,000 residents. Somerset County has the second-highest per capita cases with 63.1 cases per 1,000 residents.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

Tuesday the state recorded 2,324 new infections. This is the 22nd consecutive day the state recorded more than two thousand new cases in one day. The state’s cumulative case count is 255,397.

COVID-19 related hospitalizations are at the highest point since the start of the pandemic. On Tuesday, the state reported 1,717 patients were hospitalized across the state with the virus.

Tuesday the state recorded 51 newly reported deaths, bringing the state death toll to 5,353.

The state reported a rolling seven-day average of 7.47% for positive COVID-19 tests Tuesday. This is a decrease of 0.25 from Monday’s rate of 7.72%.

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