Maryland’s total number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 260, the fewest since March 31 when there were 247 new cases reported that day.
The state’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations, patients in intensive care units, and average rate of positive tests continued to decline on Thursday.
At least 63,229 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 384,379 have tested negative as of Thursday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
The 14-day average number of newly reported cases has not increased for 13 consecutive days since reaching 882 on June 5 and has followed a downward trend for about three weeks, according to the Baltimore Sun‘s data tracker.
Maryland has conducted at least 535,44 tests to date, with 8,562 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
Over the past seven days, an average of 5.43 percent of the state’s COVID-19 tests have come back positive. Public health experts recommend a positive test rate of 10 percent or lower.
Maryland’s average rate of positive tests has decreased for seven consecutive days since reaching 7.25 percent on June 10, and the metric has following a downward trend since peaking at 26.92 on April 17.
Of the state’s total number of confirmed cases, 10,357 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were hospitalized at some point, including 660 who are currently hospitalized.
Maryland’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations have decreased for 22 consecutive days since reaching 1,338 on May 27, and the metric has trended downward for more than a month.
Of those currently hospitalized, 391 are in acute care and 269 are in intensive care.
The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units has decreased for 16 consecutive days since reaching 481 on June 2, and the metric has been following a downward trend for about a month.
A total of 2,886 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with 20 additional deaths since Wednesday. There are also 130 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, there have been 17,666 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 13,862 in Montgomery County; 7,371 in Baltimore County; 6,906 in Baltimore City; 4,835 in Anne Arundel County; 2,348 in Howard County; 2,342 in Frederick County; 1,294 in Charles County; 1,036 in Harford County; 1,036 in Wicomico County; 1,010 in Carroll County; 595 in St. Mary’s County; 595 in Washington County; 456 in Cecil County; 385 in Calvert County; 285 in Caroline County; 267 in Worcester County; 193 in Kent County; 187 in Allegany County; 187 in Queen Anne’s County; 170 in Dorchester County; 110 in Talbot County; 83 in Somerset County; and 10 in Garrett County, according to the dashboard.
Of Maryland’s confirmed cases, 1,819 have been people age 9 or younger; 3,102 have been people ages 10-19; 9,078 have been people ages 20-29; 11,788 have been people ages 30-39; 11,321 have been people ages 40-49; 9,998 have been people ages 50-59; 7,210 have been people ages 60-69; 4,600 have been people ages 70-79; and 4,313 have been people age 80 or older.
Maryland has identified 32,849 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 30,380 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 18,295 have been Black, 17,252 have been Hispanic, 12,414 have been white, 1,251 have been Asian, 3,203 have been another race, and data is not available for the remaining 10,814.
Nationwide, there have been at least 2,163,290 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 117,728 deaths and 592,191 recoveries. More than 24.9 million people in the U.S. have been tested for COVID-19 as of 10 a.m. Thursday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
