The average percentage of Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19 over the previous seven-day period has increased or remained the same day-to-day since March 3, state data show.
The seven-day average positive test rate reached 3.85% for the seven-day period ending on Sunday. The average has risen every day since 3.26% on March 3, except for a two-day period when it held steady at 3.73% on March 12 and 13.
Yesterday’s average was 3.95% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 3.78% for Marylanders older than 35.
At least 394,058 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,082,361 have tested negative as of Monday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
The state’s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 617, an increase of 0.16%.
Maryland has completed 8,324,638 coronavirus tests to date, with 15,358 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
Currently, 777 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19, including 576 who are in acute care and 201 who are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients rose by 12 while the number of intensive care patients declined by nine, marking a net increase of three more people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Sunday.
Maryland has hospitalized a total of 36,235 people with coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.
A total of 7,873 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with seven additional deaths reported since Sunday. There are also 182 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 1,206,078 first doses and 647,759 second doses.
In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 16,679 first doses and 8,641 second doses.
Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 50,041 people, including 1,154 doses that were administered in the past 24 hours.
A total of 697,800 Marylanders have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state data showed on Monday.
As of 10 a.m. Monday, there have been 75,427 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 64,857 in Montgomery County; 52,828 in Baltimore County; 41,814 in Baltimore City; 37,012 in Anne Arundel County; 17,484 in Frederick County; 16,501 in Howard County; 13,042 in Harford County; 12,683 in Washington County; 9,275 in Charles County; 7,841 in Carroll County; 6,919 in Wicomico County; 6,440 in Allegany County; 5,269 in St. Mary’s County; 5,124 in Cecil County; 3,757 in Calvert County; 3,306 in Worcester County; 2,626 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,424 in Somerset County; 2,402 in Dorchester County; 2,070 in Caroline County; 1,921 in Talbot County; 1,873 in Garrett County; and 1,163 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has identified 205,975 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 188,083 as male.
Of Maryland’s confirmed cases, 114,489 are Black, 62,961 are Hispanic, 137,396 are white, 9,175 are Asian, 18,641 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 51,396.
Of the state residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 19,899 are people age 9 or younger; 38,242 are people ages 10-19; 71,737 are people ages 20-29; 67,560 are people ages 30-39; 59,553 are people ages 40-49; 59,373 are people ages 50-59; 40,129 are people ages 60-69; 22,676 are people ages 70-79; and 14,889 are people age 80 or older.
Nationwide, there have been at least 29,439,390 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 534,890 deaths. The U.S. has conducted more than 373.2 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.
