Why is SELECT COUNT (*) returning 1

Why is my getAccountCount only returning 1 when there are multiple entries in my database. Is this not the proper way to get the number of entries in my ACCOUNTS table?

getAccountCount

int getAccountCount() {
    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
    Cursor cur = db.rawQuery("SELECT COUNT (*) FROM " + ACCOUNTS, null);
    int x = cur.getCount();
    cur.close();
    return x;
}

Calling it from another activity

    dbHelper = new DatabaseHelper(this);
    txtNo.setText(String.valueOf(dbHelper.getAccountCount()));