COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 3,500 New Cases Reported Saturday, 36 Deaths
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- Maryland health officials reported another 3,538 COVID-19 cases and 36 new deaths Saturday as the number of hospitalizations decreased slightly for the first time in three days, data from the state's health department showed.
As of Saturday, there have been 232,009 total coronavirus cases and 4,937 deaths reported in Maryland.
The number of hospitalizations decreased by 10 to 1,719. Of those, 1,313 are in acute care and 406 are in intensive care.
Acute care hospitalizations remain at their highest rate ever; the number of intensive care patients dropped by 10 and remains well below the record of 611 set on May 10.
The state's calculation of the positivity rate fell to 7.42% on Saturday, down from 7.49% on Friday.
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Since the pandemic began, the state has conducted 4,969,984 COVID-19 tests, from which 2,315,443 people have tested negative.
Here's a breakdown of cases and deaths by county (probable deaths are listed with an asterisk):
| County | Cases | Deaths | |
| Allegany | 4,590 | (116) | |
| Anne Arundel | 19,866 | (297) | 13* |
| Baltimore City | 27,796 | (600) | 21* |
| Baltimore County | 33,539 | (787) | 28* |
| Calvert | 1,849 | (41) | 1* |
| Caroline | 1,148 | (10) | |
| Carroll | 4,056 | (149) | 4* |
| Cecil | 2,785 | (54) | 2* |
| Charles | 5,070 | (111) | 1* |
| Dorchester | 1,152 | (17) | |
| Frederick | 8,550 | (151) | 8* |
| Garrett | 1,146 | (17) | |
| Harford | 7,096 | (115) | 4* |
| Howard | 9,536 | (157) | 6* |
| Kent | 550 | (23) | 2* |
| Montgomery | 38,812 | (973) | 44* |
| Prince George's | 46,877 | (958) | 27* |
| Queen Anne's | 1,337 | (26) | 1* |
| St. Mary's | 2,665 | (75) | |
| Somerset | 1,411 | (11) | |
| Talbot | 947 | (7) | |
| Washington | 5,679 | (94) | |
| Wicomico | 3,868 | (64) | |
| Worcester | 1,684 | (39) | 1* |
| Data not available | (45) |
Here's a breakdown of cases and deaths by age and gender (probable deaths are listed with an asterisk):
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 10,075 | (1) | |
| 10-19 | 20,807 | (4) | |
| 20-29 | 43,717 | (27) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 41,164 | (55) | 6* |
| 40-49 | 36,182 | (152) | 4* |
| 50-59 | 34,447 | (389) | 19* |
| 60-69 | 22,877 | (773) | 17* |
| 70-79 | 13,285 | (1,242) | 28* |
| 80+ | 9,455 | (2,292) | 88* |
| Data not available | (2) | ||
| Female | 122,119 | (2,398) | 81* |
| Male | 109,890 | (2,539) | 82* |
Here's a breakdown of cases and deaths by race and ethnicity (probable deaths are listed with an asterisk):
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 68,466 | (1,879) | 60* |
| Asian (NH) | 4,659 | (171) | 6* |
| White (NH) | 72,519 | (2,273) | 82* |
| Hispanic | 42,293 | (510) | 14* |
| Other (NH) | 10,587 | (53) | |
| Data not available | 33,485 | (51) | 1* |
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