Maryland Department of Health is reporting 642 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Howard County (up 34 from yesterday) and 16,616 cases in Maryland (up 879 from yesterday) on April 24th.
Howard County Health Department is reporting 661 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Howard County per their dashboard this morning:
In Howard County zip code 21045 has the most total cases of Coronavirus (108) and zip code 21045 has the highest concentration of cases “rate per 10,000” (27):
Note: I am switching my daily COVID-19 tracking charts to weekly COVID-19 tracking charts and will be releasing them on Saturday mornings going forward. Both the state and the county websites have the daily numbers and daily charts (see below).
COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland
Number of confirmed cases: 16,616
Number of negative test results: 68,100
Number of confirmed deaths: 723
Number of probable deaths: 75
Currently hospitalized: 1425
Acute care: 878
Intensive care: 547
Ever hospitalized: 3,618
Released from isolation: 1,108
Cases and Deaths Data Breakdown:
Parenthesis = Confirmed death, laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 test result
Asterisk = Probable death, death certificate lists COVID-19 as the cause of death but not yet confirmed by a laboratory test
NH = Non-Hispanic
By County
| County | Cases | Deaths | ||
| Allegany | 90 | (3) | ||
| Anne Arundel | 1,373 | (56) | 7* | |
| Baltimore City | 1,728 | (65) | 6* | |
| Baltimore County | 2,234 | (65) | 9* | |
| Calvert | 125 | (6) | ||
| Caroline | 55 | |||
| Carroll | 372 | (34) | ||
| Cecil | 144 | (5) | ||
| Charles | 459 | (33) | 1* | |
| Dorchester | 32 | (2) | ||
| Frederick | 765 | (35) | 6* | |
| Garrett | 4 | |||
| Harford | 289 | (3) | 6* | |
| Howard | 642 | (14) | 1* | |
| Kent | 67 | (2) | ||
| Montgomery | 3,227 | (135) | 19* | |
| Prince George’s | 4,403 | (147) | 11* | |
| Queen Anne’s | 43 | (3) | ||
| St. Mary’s | 119 | (6) | ||
| Somerset | 13 | |||
| Talbot | 23 | (1) | ||
| Washington | 143 | (3) | ||
| Wicomico | 222 | (3) | ||
| Worcester | 44 | |||
| Data Not Available | (102) | 9* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 164 | ||
| 10-19 | 395 | ||
| 20-29 | 1,833 | (3) | |
| 30-39 | 2,757 | (13) | 1* |
| 40-49 | 2,931 | (17) | 2* |
| 50-59 | 3,094 | (46) | 5* |
| 60-69 | 2,383 | (102) | 8* |
| 70-79 | 1,680 | (174) | 11* |
| 80+ | 1,379 | (267) | 39* |
| Age Data Not Available | (101) | 9* | |
| Female: | 8,874 | (350) | 45* |
| Male: | 7,742 | (373) | 30* |
| Gender Data Not Available: |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 6,046 | (289) | 22* |
| Asian (NH) | 339 | (25) | 2* |
| White (NH) | 3,830 | (275) | 42* |
| Hispanic | 2,373 | (40) | |
| Other (NH) | 616 | (17) | |
| Data Not Available | 3,412 | (77) | 9* |
Here are important links with data on Coronavirus (COVID-19) numbers:
Here is a site to watch for information on Maryland cases: https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/Pages/Novel-coronavirus.aspx
Here is the site to keep an eye on in Howard County for updates: https://www.howardcountymd.gov/Departments/Health/MM-Alerts-and-Recalls
This is a good site to keep up to date with the latest coronavirus updates worldwide: (Worldometer) https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ or (Johns Hopkins) https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html.
A local blog reader has put together this really great and informative Google spreadsheet with some great data. Be sure to give it a look daily: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19a2ACAQVz_Vi2UIcD-byZXKttTmUd8js6-kd3qLO-Ac/edit#gid=280098391
Scott E
Note: Daily updates going forward will happen on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (unless something significant needs to be reported on the other days) during the week. Weekend updates will continue.
