First Day Maryland COVID-19 Hospitalizations Fall Below 400, Montgomery Testing Positivity Rate at 5.15%

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

Wednesday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 15,400 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 68 from the 15,332 cases reported Tuesday.

714 county residents have died from COVID-19 since the first case in March.

More Montgomery County residents have died due to COVID-19 than any other jurisdiction in the state. Prince George’s has lost 676 residents, the second-highest number in the state.

The positivity rate of 5.15% reported Wednesday is the fifth-highest in the state, behind Baltimore City (5.27%), Charles (5.99%), Queen Anne’s (6.53%), and Prince George’s (7.41%). Montgomery County’s positivity rate has remained below 6% for the seventh straight day.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Wednesday morning, there have been 70,861 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 465 in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 3,149 Marylanders, nine since Tuesday.

Currently, 398 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19, six fewer than Tuesday. Of those patients, 136 are in intensive care, nine less than Tuesday. This is the first day the number of patients hospitalized in Maryland for COVID-19 has fallen below 400.

The state department of health reported a testing positivity rate of 4.61% Tuesday. This is an increase of 0.08% from Tuesday’s rate of 4.53% and is the 13th day the rate remained below 5%.

Statewide, a total of 20,288 cases and 1,270 deaths involve the state’s African American community.

Maryland reports the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths that have occurred in senior living facilities weekly on Wednesday mornings.

The cumulative number of cases increased by 276 since July 1, deaths by 41.

Cumulative COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Maryland Nursing Homes, Group Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

Here are the statewide statistics as of Wednesday, July 8. 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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