Maryland COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain Above 400 for Fourth Day, Montgomery Cases Increase by 97

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

Friday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 16,153 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 97 from the 16,056 cases reported Thursday.

Since the first case in March, 728 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of three since Thursday. More Montgomery County residents have died due to COVID-19 than any other jurisdiction in the state. Prince George’s has lost 696 residents, the second-highest number.

The positivity rate of 3.75% reported Friday is a decrease of 0.20% since Thursday. The is the third straight day the rated remained below 4%.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Friday morning, there have been 76,371 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 707 in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 3,227 Marylanders, 12 since Thursday.

Currently, 434 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19, which is two fewer than Thursday. Of the 434 patients currently hospitalized, 128 are in intensive care, which is nine fewer than Thursday.

The health department reported a testing positivity rate of 4.43% Friday. This is a decrease of 0.18% from Thursday’s rate of 4.61%. The rate has remained below 5% since June 25th.

Statewide, a total of 22,225 cases and 1,310 deaths involve the state’s African American community.

Here are the statewide statistics as of Friday, July 17. 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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