Montgomery COVID-19 Cases Increase by 208, State Cases Pass 56,000

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

Friday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 12,434 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 208 cases from the 12,226 reported Wednesday.

Since the first case in March, 606 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of ten deaths since Thursday, according to the health department. The number of probable deaths is 39.

Montgomery County has seen more deaths due to COVID-19 than any other jurisdiction in the state. Prince George’s has lost 563 residents to the pandemic.

The positivity rate of 11.58%, reported Friday by the state health department, is the second-highest in the state, behind Prince George’s at 13.46%.  The state calculates the positivity rate using the average rate for seven days. Montgomery County on Thursday reported a positivity rate of 11% based on a rolling three-day average.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Friday morning, there were 56,770 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 912 cases in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 2,580 Marylanders, 34 in the last 24 hours.

May 9 the state reported 1,665 Marylanders were hospitalized with COVID-19. Since that time the number of patients hospitalized has been on the decline.

Currently,  1,076 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19, which is 20 fewer than Thursday. Of those patients, 455 are in intensive care, which is a decrease of one since Thursday.

In Maryland, 9,346 people have been hospitalized since the outbreak of COVID-19.

The state’s positivity rate continues to drop, currently, it is 8.44%.

A total of 16,208 cases and 1,077 deaths involve the state’s African American community. This is 16 additional deaths since Thursday.

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

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