One yr in the past at the moment, Gov. Larry Hogan introduced the primary three confirmed instances of coronavirus in Maryland.
Within the yr for the reason that pandemic hit Maryland, state officers have confirmed a complete of 385,678 optimistic COVID-19 instances, together with 913 instances that have been newly reported Friday morning.
A complete of three,024,949 Marylanders have examined unfavourable for the virus thus far, in keeping with the Maryland Division of Well being’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
On March 19, 2020, state officers confirmed that the first Marylander had died from COVID-19. That very same day, the state surpassed 100 confirmed coronavirus instances.
Since then, a complete of seven,748 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with eight deaths reported since Thursday. There are additionally 182 deaths suspected to be associated to coronavirus.
Maryland has hospitalized a complete of 35,378 COVID-19 sufferers through the pandemic.
Of the 849 Marylanders who’re presently hospitalized attributable to coronavirus, 620 are in acute care and 229 are in intensive care.
The variety of acute care sufferers fell by 20 whereas the variety of intensive care sufferers rose by 13, marking a internet lower of seven fewer folks hospitalized with coronavirus in comparison with Thursday.
Maryland has accomplished 8,024,078 coronavirus checks thus far, with 41,726 take a look at accomplished up to now 24 hours.
During the last seven days, a mean of three.28% of the state’s COVID-19 checks have come again optimistic.
The seven-day common price of optimistic checks yesterday was 3.6% for Marylanders youthful than 35 and three.08% for Marylanders older than 35.
Maryland started administering doses of the coronavirus vaccine in late December.
Thus far, the state’s suppliers have administered a complete of 926,554 first doses of the vaccine, together with 26,096 up to now 24 hours.
There are additionally 509,842 Marylanders who’ve acquired their second vaccine dose, together with 15,575 individuals who acquired it up to now 24 hours.
Of the state’s roughly 6 million residents, about 15.3% have acquired at the least their first dose and eight.4% have acquired each the primary and second doses.
As of 10 a.m. Friday, there have been 73,834 confirmed instances in Prince George’s County; 63,702 in Montgomery County; 51,318 in Baltimore County; 40,608 in Baltimore Metropolis; 36,084 in Anne Arundel County; 17,095 in Frederick County; 15,893 in Howard County; 12,592 in Harford County; 12,465 in Washington County; 8,994 in Charles County; 7,574 in Carroll County; 6,797 in Wicomico County; 6,411 in Allegany County; 5,150 in St. Mary’s County; 5,041 in Cecil County; 3,673 in Calvert County; 3,276 in Worcester County; 2,585 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,397 in Somerset County; 2,355 in Dorchester County; 2,051 in Caroline County; 1,897 in Talbot County; 1,844 in Garrett County; and 1,129 in Kent County, in keeping with the dashboard.
Of the Marylanders who’ve examined optimistic for COVID-19, 111,453 are Black, 62,085 are Hispanic, 134,030 are white, 8,792 are Asian, 18,173 are one other race, and knowledge just isn’t out there for the remaining 51,145.
Maryland has confirmed 19,283 instances in folks age 9 or youthful; 37,126 in folks ages 10-19; 70,120 in folks ages 20-29; 66,217 in folks ages 30-39; 58,371 in folks ages 40-49; 58,145 in folks ages 50-59; 39,341 in folks ages 60-69; 22,338 in folks ages 70-79; and 14,737 in folks age 80 or older.
The state has recognized 201,731 of the confirmed COVID-19 sufferers as feminine and 183,947 as male.
Nationwide, there have been at the least 28,828,292 confirmed COVID-19 instances in the USA, together with at the least 520,387 deaths. The U.S. has carried out greater than 355.5 million coronavirus checks thus far as of 10 a.m. Friday, in keeping with a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
Affiliate Editor at Baltimore Fishbowl
