Maryland’s seven-day average positive coronavirus test rate has decreased for 10 consecutive days, state data shows.
The state’s average positivity rate has declined every day since reaching 8.22% on Jan. 17, and it now sits at 6.15% today.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 6.01% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 6.27% for Marylanders older than 35.
At least 348,749 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 2,810,526 have tested negative as of Thursday 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 2,190, an increase of 0.63%.
Maryland has completed 6,865,525 coronavirus tests to date, with 46,476 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
The state has distributed the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine to a total of 383,300 Marylanders, including 20,018 who received it in the past 24 hours.
Of the Maryland recipients of the first vaccine dose, 66,616 individuals have received the second vaccine dose, including 10,319 people in the past 24 hours.
Currently 1,636 Marylanders are hospitalized due to coronavirus, including 1,260 patients in acute care and 376 in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients declined by 13 while the number of intensive care patients rose by two, marking a net decrease of 11 fewer people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Wednesday.
Maryland has hospitalized a total of 31,614 people with COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
A total of 6,861 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with 40 additional deaths reported since Wednesday. There are also 176 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, there have been 66,888 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 58,011 in Montgomery County; 46,618 in Baltimore County; 37,464 in Baltimore City; 32,362 in Anne Arundel County; 15,342 in Frederick County; 14,330 in Howard County; 11,228 in Washington County; 11,127 in Harford County; 7,833 in Charles County; 6,808 in Carroll County; 6,213 in Wicomico County; 6 i,134n Allegany County; 4,690 in Cecil County; 4,489 in St. Mary’s County; 3,340 in Calvert County; 3,018 in Worcester County; 2,328 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,222 in Somerset County; 2,031 in Dorchester County; 1,833 in Caroline County; 1,782 in Garrett County; 1,635 in Talbot County; and 1,023 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has confirmed 16,864 cases in people age 9 or younger; 32,737 in people ages 10-19; 63,548 in people ages 20-29; 60,429 in people ages 30-39; 53,340 in people ages 40-49; 52,676 in people ages 50-59; 35,516 in people ages 60-69; 20,159 in people ages 70-79; and 13,480 in people age 80 or older.
The state has identified 182,882 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 165,867 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 98,829 are Black, 57,295 are Hispanic, 118,912 are white, 7,615 are Asian, 16,329 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 49,769.
Nationwide, there have been at least 25,600,243 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 429,230 deaths. The U.S. has conducted more than 296.9 million coronavirus tests to date as of 10 a.m. Thursday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
