The Maryland Department of Health reports 2,568 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Howard County (up 30 from yesterday) and 67,918 cases in Maryland (up 359 from yesterday) on July 1st.
Here is the latest ICU and Acute Hospital Beds for COVID-19, Currently in Use via the state:
The “Total Beds” in use has slightly risen for three consecutive days (446 beds in use on 6/28, 447 on 6/29, 452 on 6/30 and 461 on 7/1). Again…this is not a big jump but something to watch.
COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland
Number of confirmed cases : 67,918
Number of persons tested negative : 474,686
Total testing volume : 662,266
Number of confirmed deaths : 3,077
Number of probable deaths : 128
Currently hospitalized : 461
Acute care : 307
Intensive care : 154
Ever hospitalized : 10,902
Released from isolation : 5,001
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 | 205 | (17) | |
| Anne Arundel | 5,134 | (201) | 8* |
| Baltimore City | 7,605 | (328) | 10* |
| Baltimore County | 8,040 | (452) | 22* |
| Calvert | 415 | (26) | 1* |
| Caroline | 320 | (3) | |
| Carroll | 1,136 | (110) | 2* |
| Cecil | 480 | (28) | 1* |
| Charles | 1,399 | (84) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 188 | (5) | |
| Frederick | 2,493 | (111) | 7* |
| Garrett | 11 | ||
| Harford | 1,127 | (59) | 3* |
| Howard | 2,568 | (84) | 5* |
| Kent | 200 | (22) | 1* |
| Montgomery | 14,803 | (700) | 39* |
| Prince George’s | 18,645 | (662) | 24* |
| Queen Anne’s | 230 | (18) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 639 | (51) | |
| Somerset | 87 | (3) | |
| Talbot | 137 | (4) | |
| Washington | 697 | (28) | |
| Wicomico | 1,070 | (41) | |
| Worcester | 289 | (16) | 1* |
| Data not available | (24) | 1* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 2,042 | ||
| 10-19 | 3,508 | (1) | |
| 20-29 | 10,056 | (16) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 12,692 | (40) | 5* |
| 40-49 | 12,054 | (98) | 3* |
| 50-59 | 10,683 | (241) | 14* |
| 60-69 | 7,619 | (496) | 12* |
| 70-79 | 4,791 | (747) | 18* |
| 80+ | 4,473 | (1,416) | 74* |
| Data not available | (22) | 1* | |
| Female | 35,207 | (1,502) | 67* |
| Male | 32,711 | (1,575) | 61* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 19,463 | (1,246) | 48* |
| Asian (NH) | 1,314 | (120) | 6* |
| White (NH) | 13,377 | (1,310) | 65* |
| Hispanic | 18,283 | (340) | 8* |
| Other (NH) | 3,344 | (33) | |
| Data not available | 12,137 | (28) | 1* |
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. Note – it looks like the county data stopped updating in the spreadsheet on June 21st but there is still good historical state data that remains up to date.
Scott E
Note: Daily COVID-19 updates going forward will happen on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (unless something significant needs to be reported on the other days) during the week. Weekly weekend charts are on hold unless a spike in numbers are noted in the future in Howard County or Maryland.
