Maryland Department of Health reports 3,373 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Howard County and 84,876 cases in Maryland on July 27th. That is 1,128 new cases in Maryland over the past day.
The statewide positivity rate is now 4.61% and Howard County is at 3.73%.
COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland
Number of confirmed cases : 84,876
Number of persons tested negative : 770,642
Total testing volume : 1,120,761
Number of confirmed deaths : 3,315
Number of probable deaths : 132
Currently hospitalized : 536
Acute care : 391
Intensive care : 145
Ever hospitalized : 12,339
Released from isolation : 5,434
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 | 260 | (18) | |
| Anne Arundel | 6,469 | (206) | 8* |
| Baltimore City | 10,579 | (387) | 14* |
| Baltimore County | 11,124 | (508) | 20* |
| Calvert | 546 | (26) | 1* |
| Caroline | 412 | (3) | |
| Carroll | 1,391 | (113) | 2* |
| Cecil | 601 | (29) | 1* |
| Charles | 1,753 | (88) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 319 | (5) | |
| Frederick | 2,909 | (113) | 7* |
| Garrett | 43 | ||
| Harford | 1,631 | (64) | 3* |
| Howard | 3,373 | (96) | 6* |
| Kent | 229 | (22) | 1* |
| Montgomery | 17,164 | (748) | 39* |
| Prince George’s | 21,770 | (707) | 23* |
| Queen Anne’s | 370 | (22) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 849 | (52) | |
| Somerset | 115 | (3) | |
| Talbot | 317 | (4) | |
| Washington | 897 | (30) | |
| Wicomico | 1,249 | (42) | |
| Worcester | 506 | (17) | 1* |
| Data not available | (12) | 3* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 2,777 | ||
| 10-19 | 5,034 | (1) | |
| 20-29 | 14,378 | (18) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 16,006 | (44) | 5* |
| 40-49 | 14,449 | (105) | 3* |
| 50-59 | 12,795 | (264) | 14* |
| 60-69 | 8,926 | (544) | 11* |
| 70-79 | 5,523 | (820) | 20* |
| 80+ | 4,988 | (1,509) | 75* |
| Data not available | (10) | 3* | |
| Female | 44,487 | (1,630) | 69* |
| Male | 40,389 | (1,685) | 63* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 25,440 | (1,357) | 48* |
| Asian (NH) | 1,606 | (125) | 6* |
| White (NH) | 18,284 | (1,400) | 66* |
| Hispanic | 21,115 | (386) | 9* |
| Other (NH) | 3,917 | (35) | |
| Data not available | 14,514 | (12) | 3* |
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.
I have a new spreadsheet for tracking some of the daily Maryland numbers and my weekly numbers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OVZO0oIaEC__KXZ9LwtnhawO1NhdqE78VJ9Hd5LCQ0k/edit?usp=sharing
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 will continue to happen when there are significant items to review.
