Maryland Department of Health reports 2,850 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Howard County and 73,527 cases in Maryland on July 13th. The number of new cases in Maryland rose by 418 (nice to see that number come down from the 642 new cases reported on July 12th).
Recent COVID-19 related news and information:
Howard County Health Department is hosting one final day of Free COVID-19 testing Mon 7/13 from 9am-2pm at Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church located at 3165 St. Johns Ln., Ellicott City, MD 21042.
COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland
Number of confirmed cases : 73,527
Number of persons tested negative : 578,430
Total testing volume : 818,993
Number of confirmed deaths : 3,194
Number of probable deaths : 131
Currently hospitalized : 386
Acute care : 278
Intensive care : 108
Ever hospitalized : 11,467
Released from isolation : 5,230
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 | 218 | (18) | |
| Anne Arundel | 5,562 | (202) | 8* |
| Baltimore City | 8,566 | (353) | 13* |
| Baltimore County | 8,892 | (474) | 22* |
| Calvert | 453 | (26) | 1* |
| Caroline | 336 | (3) | |
| Carroll | 1,221 | (113) | 3* |
| Cecil | 529 | (28) | 1* |
| Charles | 1,528 | (88) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 217 | (5) | |
| Frederick | 2,605 | (113) | 7* |
| Garrett | 27 | ||
| Harford | 1,288 | (63) | 3* |
| Howard | 2,850 | (90) | 6* |
| Kent | 205 | (22) | 1* |
| Montgomery | 15,780 | (722) | 38* |
| Prince George’s | 19,773 | (691) | 23* |
| Queen Anne’s | 290 | (22) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 708 | (51) | |
| Somerset | 101 | (3) | |
| Talbot | 189 | (4) | |
| Washington | 728 | (29) | |
| Wicomico | 1,139 | (42) | |
| Worcester | 322 | (17) | 1* |
| Data not available | (15) | 1* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 2,297 | ||
| 10-19 | 4,019 | (1) | |
| 20-29 | 11,422 | (18) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 13,765 | (42) | 5* |
| 40-49 | 12,840 | (101) | 3* |
| 50-59 | 11,380 | (250) | 13* |
| 60-69 | 8,065 | (522) | 12* |
| 70-79 | 5,081 | (786) | 20* |
| 80+ | 4,658 | (1,461) | 76* |
| Data not available | (13) | 1* | |
| Female | 38,231 | (1,572) | 69* |
| Male | 35,296 | (1,622) | 62* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 21,250 | (1,298) | 49* |
| Asian (NH) | 1,427 | (124) | 6* |
| White (NH) | 14,901 | (1,357) | 67* |
| Hispanic | 19,491 | (363) | 8* |
| Other (NH) | 3,518 | (35) | |
| Data not available | 12,940 | (17) | 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.
