Maryland reported 3,202 more coronavirus cases on Thursday, the second-highest daily number of new cases during the pandemic.
Today is also the third time since the beginning of the pandemic that Maryland’s caseload has risen by more than 3,000 in one day — and all three instances occurred within the past seven days.
At least 225,855 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 2,284,351 have tested negative as of Thursday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
The state’s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by about 1.44%.
As the number of new coronavirus cases continues to rise across Maryland, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott on Wednesday issued new restrictions to curb the spread of the virus. The order, which goes into effect Friday at 5 p.m., will shut down indoor and outdoor dining at restaurants, cap the sizes of gatherings at indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, and further limit capacities at businesses and other facilities.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will provide a COVID-19 update at 3 p.m. today.
The state reported 49,110 test results in the past 24 hours, with the total number of coronavirus tests completed during the pandemic reaching 4,855,955.
Over the last seven days, an average of 7.71% of the state’s COVID-19 tests have come back positive.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 8.07% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 7.5% for Marylanders older than 35.
There are currently 1,720 Marylanders hospitalized with coronavirus, including 1,304 in acute care and 416 in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients rose by five while the number of intensive care patients saw no change, marking a net increase of five more people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Wednesday.
Maryland has hospitalized a total of 22,833 people with COVID-19 to date.
A total of 4,850 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with 49 additional deaths reported since Wednesday. There are also 162 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, there have been 45,871 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 37,738 in Montgomery County; 32,853 in Baltimore County; 27,197 in Baltimore City; 19,255 in Anne Arundel County; 9,280 in Howard County; 8,226 in Frederick County; 6,904 in Harford County; 5,425 in Washington County; 4,945 in Charles County; 4,378 in Allegany County; 3,882 in Carroll County; 3,796 in Wicomico County; 2,644 in Cecil County; 2,572 in St. Mary’s County; 1,812 in Calvert County; 1,647 in Worcester County; 1,380 in Somerset County; 1,277 in Queen Anne’s County; 1,129 in Dorchester County; 1,104 in Caroline County; 1,095 in Garrett County; 922 in Talbot County; and 523 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Of Maryland’s confirmed cases, 9,738 are people age 9 or younger; 20,220 are people ages 10-19; 42,686 are people ages 20-29; 40,062 are people ages 30-39; 35,278 are people ages 40-49; 33,543 are people ages 50-59; 22,192 are people ages 60-69; 12,928 are people ages 70-79; and 9,208 are people age 80 or older.
Maryland has identified 118,818 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 107,037 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 66,765 are Black, 41,379 are Hispanic, 70,347 are white, 4,519 are Asian, 10,299 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 32,546.
Nationwide, there have been at least 15,393,571 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 289,451 deaths and 5,891,885 recoveries. The U.S. has conducted more than 209.3 million coronavirus tests to date as of 10 a.m. Thursday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
