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Thursday, August 06, 2020

Maryland Reports Another Record Low Positivity Rate, Decline in Hospitalizations

Seven-Day Positivity Rate Drops to 4.03%, Daily Positivity Rate Is 3.83%Total Hospitalizations Decline to 535; 139 ICU Beds In UseState Health Officials Continue to Monitor Rising Positivity Rate in Worcester CountyPositivity Rate Above 5% In Five Jurisdictions; Baltimore City’s Positivity Rate At Lowest Level Since July 9Nearly 1.35 Million Tests Conducted; 16.4% of Population Tested
ANNAPOLIS, MD—For the second straight day, Maryland is reporting its lowest positivity rate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Statewide Positivity Rate Drops to 4.03%, Lowest On Record. The state’s seven-day average positivity rate has dropped to 4.03%—the lowest level reported since the pandemic began. The daily positivity rate is 3.83%. The state’s positivity rate has been under 5% since June 25.
State Health Officials Continue to Monitor Rising Positivity Rate in Worcester County. State health officials are currently monitoring the situation in Worcester County, where the positivity rate has risen by nearly 88% since July 31, to 6.50%.
Positivity Rate Above 5% In Five Jurisdictions, Baltimore City’s Positivity Rate At Lowest Level Since July 9. The positivity rate is above 5% in five jurisdictions: Baltimore City (5.44%), Baltimore County (5.31%), Calvert County (5.35%), Prince George’s County (6.19%), and Worcester (6.50%). Baltimore City’s positivity rate has dropped to 5.44%, its lowest level since July 9--down 80.1% from its peak on April 19. Montgomery County’s positivity rate is 2.54%—down 92.2% from its peak on April 20.
Total Current Hospitalizations Decline to 535. There are 535 total current COVID-19 hospitalizations—a decline of 20 over the past 24 hours. There are 139 ICU beds in use—an increase of 5.
Nearly 1.35 Million COVID-19 Tests, 16.4% of Population Tested. In total, Maryland has now conducted 1,348,880 COVID-19 tests, including 16,699 tests over the last 24 hours. 992,941 Marylanders have now been tested for COVID-19, representing 16.4% of the state’s population.
56% of New Cases Are Marylanders Under 40, Positivity Rate Among Marylanders Under 35 Declines to 5.55%. 56.1% of today’s new cases are Marylanders under the age of 40. The positivity rate among Marylanders under 35 (5.55%) is 69.7% higher than the positivity rate for Marylanders age 35 and older (3.27%).
215 COVID-19 Testing Sites Available. Marylanders can plan to be tested at one of 215 testing sites by visiting COVIDtest.maryland.gov.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

GET THE SCHOOLS OPEN RAT RINO HOGAN.

Anonymous said...

Open everything

Anonymous said...

This is because mask are warn outside or be jailed. Obey kneel

Anonymous said...

Can I just tell you that this is the natural course of the virus. I haven't seen one behavior change among the population of Maryland. Stores are still packed. Many people wearing masks although improperly. So why aren't kids in school again?

Anonymous said...

Infect everyone!!!!

Anonymous said...

The schools are not going to open? You must be kidding. Why would the schools not open? Have we gone nuts?

Anonymous said...

8:38 Because the powers that be, want to make you "FEEL" the pinch!!!! Just like with the de-funding of the cops, When most people state de-fund the cops, They want the military crap to stop, like mine resistance tanks they have and other things, but the upper management will, fired or let go or lay off cops to make you "FEEL" the pinch of no cops around, to show you who's "BOSS" but when in reality the uppers could stop buy expensive coffee or stop paying for military gear or stop paying for cops when they break the law things like that can be done without letting cops go but they won't... And we don't need cops, once the bad guys get all shot to hell and back, there are no more bad guys!!!

Anonymous said...

Keep Cuomo's New Yorkers out! New Jersey folks can stay home too.

Anonymous said...

Biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the world

Anonymous said...

If so then why the Hell are we still under house arrest? Dumb sh^&t.

Anonymous said...

Open schools and the backup plan would be sending all home. Hellava logistics nightmare AND additional disruption with families working.

Prob best way ahead - start at home (yes disruption still with fams working), then progress to back to school in Jan.

Plenty of time to prepare whereas nothing really has been done for planning to get the schools open by end of Aug.

Plan over the next 4 months - get the logistics down pat (inside the schools AND busing) - then reopen after the holidays.

Thats called strategic planning with a good back up plan. Something thats lacking here on the eastern shore.