Maryland health officials on Monday newly reported 520 more cases of COVID-19, the least daily new cases in two months.
The last lowest daily new case total was 468 cases reported on March 2.
At least 449,509 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,353,948 have tested negative as of Monday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
State officials reported no new coronavirus-related deaths, with Maryland’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 fatalities remaining at 8,585. There are also 191 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
Maryland’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations continued to decline slightly on Monday after falling below the 1,000-patient mark over the weekend.
Of the 953 Marylanders currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 688 are in acute care and 265 are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients declined by 11 while the number of intensive care patients rose by four, marking a net decrease of seven fewer people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Sunday.
Maryland has hospitalized a total of 41,698 people due to coronavirus to date.
The state has completed 9,769,298 coronavirus tests to date, with 14,345 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
Over the last seven days, an average of 3.69% of the state’s COVID-19 tests have come back positive.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 4.32% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 3.28% for Marylanders older than 35.
A total of 2,123,711 Marylanders have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state data showed on Monday.
Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 2,778,814 first doses and 1,932,884 second doses.
In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 11,408 first doses and 13,748 second doses.
Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 190,827 people, including 354 doses that were reported in the past 24 hours.
As of 10 a.m. Monday, there have been 83,310 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 69,964 in Montgomery County; 63,835 in Baltimore County; 51,306 in Baltimore City; 42,709 in Anne Arundel County; 19,478 in Frederick County; 18,922 in Howard County; 16,151 in Harford County; 14,225 in Washington County; 10,578 in Charles County; 9,166 in Carroll County; 7,465 in Wicomico County; 6,852 in Allegany County; 6,086 in Cecil County; 5,868 in St. Mary’s County; 4,161 in Calvert County; 3,578 in Worcester County; 2,933 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,722 in Dorchester County; 2,543 in Somerset County; 2,268 in Caroline County; 2,088 in Talbot County; 1,983 in Garrett County; and 1,318 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has identified 235,002 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 214,507 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 137,812 are Black, 10,871 are Asian, 158,593 are white, 68,301 are Hispanic, 20,992 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 52,940.
The state has confirmed 24,839 cases in people age 9 or younger; 45,873 in people ages 10-19; 82,537 in people ages 20-29; 76,940 in people ages 30-39; 67,173 in people ages 40-49; 67,147 in people ages 50-59; 44,731 in people ages 60-69; 24,595 in people ages 70-79; and 15,674 in people age 80 or older.
Nationwide, there have been at least 32,422,361 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 577,046 deaths. The U.S. has conducted more than 436.2 million coronavirus tests to date as of 10 a.m. Monday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
