Montgomery COVID-19 Cases Pass 13,650; Maryland Cases Top 62,000

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

Monday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 13,657 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is a 0.4% increase from the 13,607 cases reported Sunday.

Since the first case in March, 655 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of four deaths since Sunday, 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 615 residents, the second-highest number in the state.

The positivity rate of 8.06%, reported Monday by the state health department, is the second-highest in the state, behind Prince George’s at 9.88%.  The state calculates the positivity rate using the average rate for seven days. Montgomery County on Sunday reported a positivity rate of 9% based on a rolling three-day average.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Monday morning, there were 62,032 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 331 cases, or 0.5%, in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 2,817 Marylanders, six since Sunday.

Currently, 745 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19, which is six fewer than Sunday. Of those patients, 292 are in intensive care, which is 21 fewer than Sunday.

There are fewer than one thousand Marylanders hospitalized with COVID-19 for the eighth day since April 9.

The state’s positivity rate dropped below 7% for the fourth straight day. It is currently at 6.12%.

A total of 17,767 cases and 1,157 deaths involve the state’s African American community.

Here are the statewide statistics as of Monday 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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