You can use imfill() and bwareafilt() or bwareaopen():
mask = imfill(mask, 'holes'); % Fill holes.
mask = bwareafilt(mask, [30, inf]); % Extract only blobs 30 pixels or larger.
[labeledImage, numberOfCells] = bwlabel(mask); % Count blobs.
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