laravel join but donot include joined table rows count code example

Example 1: count with left join in laravel

$areas = Area::select('areas.*', DB::raw('count(area_id) as connections'))
	->leftJoin('object_areas', 'object_areas.area_id', '=', 'areas.id')
	->groupBy('areas.id')    
	->get();

Example 2: count with left join in laravel

$areas = Area::select('areas.*', DB::raw('count(area_id) as connections'))
	->leftJoin('object_areas', 'object_areas.area_id', '=', 'areas.id')
	->groupBy('areas.id')gg
	->get();