Maryland Department of Health reports 2,666 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Howard County and 69,904 cases in Maryland on July 6th
Here is the latest percent positive testing in Maryland jurisdictions:
Here is information shared from Governor Hogan on Twitter: I want to congratulate Baltimore County on becoming the 11th jurisdiction to meet the statewide goal of testing 10% of their population. Testing is now available to Marylanders at more than 220 sites across the state: coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/symptoms.
There is a big announcement in Howard County today at 11:00am: Howard County to Announce Testing Partnerships with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and Quality First Urgent Care
COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland
Number of confirmed cases : 69,904
Number of persons tested negative : 517,457
Total testing volume : 724,463
Number of confirmed deaths : 3,121
Number of probable deaths : 125
Currently hospitalized : 403
Acute care : 261
Intensive care : 142
Ever hospitalized : 11,096
Released from isolation : 5,029
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 | 210 | (18) | |
| Anne Arundel | 5,290 | (201) | 8* |
| Baltimore City | 7,960 | (339) | 10* |
| Baltimore County | 8,335 | (461) | 21* |
| Calvert | 422 | (26) | 1* |
| Caroline | 322 | (3) | |
| Carroll | 1,164 | (112) | 2* |
| Cecil | 498 | (28) | 1* |
| Charles | 1,441 | (85) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 201 | (5) | |
| Frederick | 2,554 | (113) | 7* |
| Garrett | 15 | ||
| Harford | 1,189 | (60) | 3* |
| Howard | 2,666 | (85) | 6* |
| Kent | 203 | (22) | 1* |
| Montgomery | 15,163 | (715) | 38* |
| Prince George’s | 19,040 | (667) | 23* |
| Queen Anne’s | 248 | (19) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 659 | (51) | |
| Somerset | 88 | (3) | |
| Talbot | 152 | (4) | |
| Washington | 696 | (29) | |
| Wicomico | 1,091 | (41) | |
| Worcester | 297 | (16) | 1* |
| Data not available | (18) |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 2,141 | ||
| 10-19 | 3,700 | (1) | |
| 20-29 | 10,487 | (17) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 13,069 | (42) | 5* |
| 40-49 | 12,332 | (98) | 3* |
| 50-59 | 10,926 | (242) | 13* |
| 60-69 | 7,786 | (509) | 12* |
| 70-79 | 4,913 | (763) | 18* |
| 80+ | 4,550 | (1,433) | 73* |
| Data not available | (16) | ||
| Female | 36,227 | (1,533) | 65* |
| Male | 33,677 | (1,588) | 60* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 20,043 | (1,263) | 46* |
| Asian (NH) | 1,337 | (122) | 6* |
| White (NH) | 13,850 | (1,329) | 65* |
| Hispanic | 18,609 | (350) | 8* |
| Other (NH) | 3,407 | (35) | |
| Data not available | 12,658 | (22) |
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.
