Coronavirus In Maryland: More Than 700 New Cases Reported, Hospitalizations Remain Flat
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- More than 700 new coronavirus cases were reported Tuesday morning as the state nears 92,000 total cases.
The state health department reported a total of 91,854 COVID-19 cases over the span of the pandemic, which is 710 more than Monday.
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Hospitalizations remained flat at 547 -- just down one since Monday, but ICU cases increased by two -- to 137.
The state positivity rate is at now 4.44%.
More than 3,396 deaths were reported due to the virus.
UPDATE: The @MDHealthDept is now reporting 91,854 confirmed cases of #COVIDー19 in Maryland. The state has conducted a total of 1,310,419 tests.
— Kata Hall Burke (@katadhall) August 4, 2020
The statewide positivity rate is now 4.44%.
Number of persons tested negative: 880,492
Number of confirmed deaths: 3,396 pic.twitter.com/QMslLlgDY0
There were a total of 1.3 million coronavirus tests administered in the state with more than 880,000 confirmed negative.
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A breakdown of the numbers:
By County
| County | Cases | Deaths | |
| Allegany | 276 | (18) | |
| Anne Arundel | 7,071 | (209) | 9* |
| Baltimore City | 11,844 | (402) | 15* |
| Baltimore County | 12,525 | (531) | 22* |
| Calvert | 649 | (27) | 1* |
| Caroline | 439 | (3) | |
| Carroll | 1,503 | (115) | 2* |
| Cecil | 662 | (29) | 1* |
| Charles | 1,932 | (89) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 352 | (5) | |
| Frederick | 3,016 | (114) | 7* |
| Garrett | 44 | ||
| Harford | 1,863 | (65) | 3* |
| Howard | 3,690 | (100) | 6* |
| Kent | 235 | (22) | 1* |
| Montgomery | 17,910 | (755) | 39* |
| Prince George's | 23,082 | (721) | 23* |
| Queen Anne's | 399 | (24) | 1* |
| St. Mary's | 931 | (52) | |
| Somerset | 129 | (3) | |
| Talbot | 368 | (4) | |
| Washington | 986 | (30) | |
| Wicomico | 1,309 | (44) | |
| Worcester | 639 | (18) | 1* |
| Data not available | (16) | 1* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 3,109 | ||
| 10-19 | 5,797 | (1) | |
| 20-29 | 15,990 | (19) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 17,303 | (45) | 5* |
| 40-49 | 15,442 | (108) | 3* |
| 50-59 | 13,733 | (270) | 15* |
| 60-69 | 9,465 | (558) | 12* |
| 70-79 | 5,878 | (837) | 22* |
| 80+ | 5,137 | (1,545) | 75* |
| Data not available | (13) | 1* | |
| Female | 48,297 | (1,666) | 70* |
| Male | 43,557 | (1,730) | 64* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 28,253 | (1,389) | 50* |
| Asian (NH) | 1,662 | (127) | 6* |
| White (NH) | 19,945 | (1,435) | 67* |
| Hispanic | 23,151 | (393) | 10* |
| Other (NH) | 4,050 | (36) | |
| Data not available | 14,793 | (16) | 1* |
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