Maryland’s seven-day average rate of positive coronavirus tests dropped below 2% for the first time ever on Tuesday, and the state recorded the lowest number of new daily cases since March 2020.
State officials on Tuesday newly reported 160 COVID-19 cases, the smallest daily total since March 26, 2020 when Maryland recorded 157 new cases. At that point in the pandemic, Maryland had confirmed a total of 580 cases.
As of Tuesday morning, a total of 458,680 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,456,906 have tested negative, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
With Tuesday’s additions, Maryland’s COVID-19 caseload grew by about 0.03%.
The state has completed 10,287,967 coronavirus tests to date, with 9,042 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
An average of 1.98% of the state’s COVID-19 tests over the last seven days came back positive, marking the lowest seven-day average positivity rate in Maryland to date.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 2.27% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 1.77% for Marylanders older than 35.
A total of 8,838 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with seven additional deaths reported since Monday. There are also 191 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
Of the state’s total number of confirmed cases, 43,095 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were hospitalized at some point, including 442 who are currently hospitalized.
Of those currently hospitalized, 324 are in acute care and 118 are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients declined by six while the number of intensive care patients remained the same, marking a net decrease of six fewer people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reported that 68.3% of Marylanders age 18 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A total of 2,789,960 Marylanders have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state data showed on Tuesday.
Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 3,146,333 first doses and 2,561,871 second doses.
In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 8,889 first doses and 12,767 second doses.
Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 228,089 people, including 1,571 doses that were reported in the past 24 hours.
As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, there have been 84,838 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 70,728 in Montgomery County; 65,459 in Baltimore County; 52,749 in Baltimore City; 43,664 in Anne Arundel County; 19,732 in Frederick County; 19,174 in Howard County; 16,518 in Harford County; 14,537 in Washington County; 10,810 in Charles County; 9,463 in Carroll County; 7,641 in Wicomico County; 6,980 in Allegany County; 6,274 in Cecil County; 6,009 in St. Mary’s County; 4,209 in Calvert County; 3,620 in Worcester County; 2,984 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,821 in Dorchester County; 2,606 in Somerset County; 2,334 in Caroline County; 2,154 in Talbot County; 2,029 in Garrett County; and 1,347 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has confirmed 25,776 cases in people age 9 or younger; 47,256 in people ages 10-19; 84,111 in people ages 20-29; 78,577 in people ages 30-39; 68,372 in people ages 40-49; 68,285 in people ages 50-59; 45,470 in people ages 60-69; 24,982 in people ages 70-79; and 15,851 in people age 80 or older.
The state has identified 239,933 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 218,747 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 142,201 are Black, 11,079 are Asian, 162,005 are white, 69,387 are Hispanic, 21,390 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 52,618.
Nationwide, there have been at least 33,144,276 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 590,698 deaths. The U.S. has administered 286,331,372 coronavirus vaccine doses to date as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
