County COVID-19 Cases Increase by 211

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

Friday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 7,759 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 211 cases.

According to the health department, 411 county residents have died form COVID-19. This is an increase of 14 deaths since Thursday. The number of probable deaths is 38.

There have been 1,936 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 294 deaths in Montgomery County nursing homes and assisted living facilities according to the Maryland Department of Health numbers released Wednesday. Nursing home case numbers are reported on a weekly basis.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Friday morning, there were 36,986 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 1,083 cases in the last 24 hours. There were 1,792 deaths, which is an increase of 44.

In Maryland, 6,679 people have been hospitalized since the outbreak of COVID-19.

On Friday, 1,496 Marylanders are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, which is a decrease of 42 from Thursday. Of the currently hospitalized patients, 598 are in intensive care.

A total of 11,572 cases and 736 deaths involve the state’s African American community.

There have been 7,538 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 995 deaths in nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout the state. This is a 21 percent increase in cases and a 26 percent increase in deaths since Wednesday, May 6.

The number includes 5,329 cases and 983 deaths in residents.

The @MDHealthDept reports 7,759 confirmed #COVID19 cases, 411 confirmed deaths (and 38 probable deaths) in Montgomery County as of today, Friday, May 15. For more information about local cases, visit the County’s website: https://t.co/HFkNSLgoeh. #MoCo #StayHome #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/DtXvtRQKQ3

— Montgomery County MD (@MontgomeryCoMD) May 15, 2020

Here are the statewide statistics as of Friday. The first column is for the number of cases. The next column is the number of deaths, which is in parentheses.

Age/Gender
0-9 716
10-19 1,383
20-29 4,849 (10)
30-39 6,699 (21)
40-49 6,635 (52)
50-59 6,194 (118)
60-69 4,577 (280)
70-79 3,076 (441)
80+ 2,857 (790)
Data not available (80)
Female 19,312 (890)
Male 17,674 (902)

Race/Ethnicity
African-American (NH) 11,572 (736)
Asian (NH) 723 (61)
White (NH) 7,701 (746)
Hispanic 8,229 (142)
Other (NH) 1,763 (24)
Data not available 6,998 (83)

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