Maryland’s coronavirus caseload rose by 2,697 cases on Wednesday, the third highest daily increase in reported cases since the pandemic began, state data show.
Last week, Maryland recorded its highest number of new cases during the pandemic with 2,910 on Nov. 19, and second highest with 2,885 on Nov. 21.
At least 188,161 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 2,082,499 have tested negative as of Wednesday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
Maryland reported 38 more deaths related to coronavirus, the highest number of fatal cases reported in one day since the state recorded 45 COVID-19 deaths on June 3.
A total of 4,363 Marylanders have died from coronavirus, and there are 155 deaths suspected to be related to the virus.
Maryland’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations also continue to climb, with 1,406 Marylanders currently hospitalized due to COVID-19.
Of those currently hospitalized, 1,098 are in acute care and 308 are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients climbed by 71 while the number of intensive care patients declined by six, marking a net increase of 65 more people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Tuesday.
To date, Maryland has hospitalized a total of 20,068 people with COVID-19.
Maryland has completed 4,246,351 coronavirus tests to date, with 45,515 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
On average, 6.52% of the state’s COVID-19 tests over the last seven days came back positive.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 6.8% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 6.34% for Marylanders older than 35.
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, there have been 39,790 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 32,005 in Montgomery County; 27,780 in Baltimore County; 23,361 in Baltimore City; 15,939 in Anne Arundel County; 7,638 in Howard County; 6,385 in Frederick County; 5,714 in Harford County; 4,158 in Charles County; 3,847 in Washington County; 3,261 in Wicomico County; 3,135 in Carroll County; 2,734 in Allegany County; 2,012 in St. Mary’s County; 1,944 in Cecil County; 1,521 in Calvert County; 1,429 in Worcester County; 1,045 in Queen Anne’s County; 970 in Dorchester County; 902 in Caroline County; 786 in Talbot County; 777 in Somerset County; 612 in Garrett County; and 416 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has confirmed 7,771 cases in people age 9 or younger; 16,751 in people ages 10-19; 35,858 in people ages 20-29; 33,703 in people ages 30-39; 29,630 in people ages 40-49; 27,738 in people ages 50-59; 18,383 in people ages 60-69; 10,576 in people ages 70-79; and 7,751 in people age 80 or older.
The state has identified 99,031 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 89,130 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 56,544 are Black, 36,545 are Hispanic, 55,720 are white, 3,669 are Asian, 8,618 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 27,065.
Nationwide, there have been at least 12,605,047 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 260,065 deaths and 4,696,664 recoveries. The U.S. has conducted more than 182.9 million coronavirus tests to date as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
