Montgomery and State COVID-19 Positive Test Rate Continues to Drop

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

Thursday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 12,226 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 302 cases from the 11,924 reported Wednesday.

Since the first case in March, 596 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of three deaths since Wednesday, according to the health department. The number of probable deaths is 40.

Montgomery County has seen more deaths due to COVID-19 than any other jurisdiction in the state. Prince George’s has lost 556 residents to the pandemic.

The positivity rate of 11.51%, reported by the state health department, is the second-highest in the state, behind Prince George’s at 13.73%.  The state calculates the positivity rate using the average rate for seven days. Montgomery County reported a positivity rate of 12% Wednesday based on a rolling three-day average.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Thursday morning, there were 55,858 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 876 cases in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 2,546 Marylanders, 27 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,  1,096 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19, which is 13 fewer than Wednesday. Of those patients, 456 are in intensive care, which is a decrease of 15 since Wednesday.

In Maryland, 9,217 people have been hospitalized since the outbreak of COVID-19.

The state’s positivity rate continues to drop, currently, it is 8.91%.

A total of  16,035 cases and 1,061 deaths involve the state’s African American community. This is 18 additional deaths since Wednesday.

Here are the statewide statistics as of Thursday 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 robable deaths.

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