Netstat Killing Bash Process [duplicate]

I have a bit of bash script like this:

echo "Number of Connections: "
Conns=$(netstat -an | grep -c ‘8800.*OK’)
echo "Done"

It appears to stop processing after netstat. The output I get is:

Number of Connections:

When I try it this way:

echo "Number of Connections: "
netstat -an | grep -c ‘8800.*OK’
echo "Done"

It proves the netstat is working but stopping the process, the output looks like this:

Number of Connections:
0

Is there a way to stop netstat from stopping the script from continuing?

Thanks