COVID-19 Numbers: Montgomery County Cases Still Rising

As of Saturday morning, the Maryland Department of Health reports 3,483 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 256 cases from the 3,227 cases reported Friday.

The health department reports that 152 Montgomery County residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of 17 deaths since Friday. The state also reports the number of probable deaths which have not yet been confirmed with COVID-19 testing. The number of probable deaths is 19.

As of Saturday morning, Maryland reports 17,766 cases of COVID-19, which is an increase of 1,150 that were reported Friday.

The total number of deaths in Maryland due to COVID-19 as currently reported is 797, an increase of 74 since Friday.

Of the total Maryland cases, 1,408 are currently in the hospital. A total of 1,165 patients have been released from isolation.

According to the Maryland Department of Health, there have been 71,357 negative coronavirus tests in the state.

Statewide statistics as of Saturday morning:

Race/Ethnicity Cases
African-American (NH) 6,314 (301)
Asian (NH) 344 (29)
White (NH) 4020 (296)
Hispanic 2,574 (44)
Other (NH) 657 (10)
Data Not Available 3,857
Statewide, there have been a total of 301 deaths among African-Americans. However, the state reports that data was not available for 117 of the Marylanders’ deaths.

Age/Gender Cases

0-9 189
10-19 441
20-29 1,982 (4)
30-39 2,963 (12)
40-49 3,155 (18)
50-59 3,288 (54)
60-69 2,548 (113)
70-79 1,766 (183)
80+ 1,434 (298)

Female: 9,498 (385)
Male: 8,268 (412)

Parenthesis = Confirmed death, laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 test result
NH = Non-Hispanic

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