Maryland’s average percentage of coronavirus tests that have come back positive over the last seven days has risen to 5.24%, marking the first time since Feb. 10 that the average has been above the 5% mark.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 5.37% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 5.15% for Marylanders older than 35.
At least 409,978 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,162,032 have tested negative as of Tuesday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
The state’s coronavirus caseload on Tuesday grew by 903 cases, an increase of 0.22%. This comes after six straight days of more than 1,000 new cases per day.
Maryland has completed 8,738,914 coronavirus tests to date, with 11,905 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
Of the 1,029 Marylanders who are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 784 are in acute care and 245 are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients declined by seven while the number of intensive care patients declined by three, marking a net decrease of 10 fewer people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Monday.
Maryland has hospitalized a total of 37,575 coronavirus patients to date.
On Tuesday, state officials reported 13 more coronavirus-related deaths, raising the state’s total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 8,088. There are also 185 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
Maryland entered Phase 2B of vaccine distribution on Tuesday, opening up vaccine eligibility to residents age 16 and older who have underlying conditions that put them at a greater risk of severe COVID-19 illness, and people with disabilities.
A total of 938,802 Marylanders have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state data showed on Tuesday.
Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 1,680,749 first doses and 868,103 second doses.
In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 27,750 first doses and 26,178 second doses.
Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 70,699 people, including 1,116 doses that were administered in the past 24 hours.
As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, there have been 77,820 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 66,589 in Montgomery County; 55,611 in Baltimore County; 44,390 in Baltimore City; 38,776 in Anne Arundel County; 18,133 in Frederick County; 17,212 in Howard County; 13,944 in Harford County; 13,172 in Washington County; 9,695 in Charles County; 8,220 in Carroll County; 7,072 in Wicomico County; 6,510 in Allegany County; 5,400 in St. Mary’s County; 5,329 in Cecil County; 3,903 in Calvert County; 3,369 in Worcester County; 2,701 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,475 in Somerset County; 2,465 in Dorchester County; 2,117 in Caroline County; 1,958 in Talbot County; 1,901 in Garrett County; and 1,216 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has identified 214,117 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 195,861 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 120,807 are Black, 9,668 are Asian, 143,582 are white, 64,474 are Hispanic, 19,326 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 52,121.
Of the state’s confirmed cases, 21,150 are people age 9 or younger; 40,301 are people ages 10-19; 74,927 are people ages 20-29; 70,196 are people ages 30-39; 61,761 are people ages 40-49; 61,632 are people ages 50-59; 41,578 are people ages 60-69; 23,289 are people ages 70-79; and 15,144 are people age 80 or older.
Nationwide, there have been at least 30,332,761 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 550,109 deaths. The U.S. has conducted more than 390 million coronavirus tests 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.
