Maryland Department of Health reports 3,441 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Howard County and 86,285 cases in Maryland on July 29th. That is 761 new cases in Maryland over the past day.
The statewide positivity rate is now 4.77% and Howard County is 3.86%.
Governor Larry Hogan has a press conference scheduled for 3:30pm today. It appears as if he will be discussing the findings of contact tracing operation to date.
COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland
Number of confirmed cases : 86,285
Number of persons tested negative : 792,674
Total testing volume : 1,160,443
Number of confirmed deaths : 3,347
Number of probable deaths : 131
Currently hospitalized : 571
Acute care : 426
Intensive care : 145
Ever hospitalized : 12,448
Released from isolation : 5,592
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 | 6,599 | (206) | 8* |
| Baltimore City | 10,826 | (390) | 14* |
| Baltimore County | 11,423 | (516) | 22* |
| Calvert | 559 | (26) | 1* |
| Caroline | 418 | (3) | |
| Carroll | 1,414 | (114) | 2* |
| Cecil | 612 | (29) | 1* |
| Charles | 1,796 | (88) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 319 | (5) | |
| Frederick | 2,947 | (114) | 7* |
| Garrett | 45 | ||
| Harford | 1,676 | (64) | 3* |
| Howard | 3,441 | (96) | 6* |
| Kent | 224 | (22) | 1* |
| Montgomery | 17,305 | (748) | 39* |
| Prince George’s | 22,044 | (710) | 23* |
| Queen Anne’s | 376 | (22) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 863 | (53) | |
| Somerset | 116 | (3) | |
| Talbot | 323 | (4) | |
| Washington | 931 | (30) | |
| Wicomico | 1,260 | (43) | |
| Worcester | 508 | (17) | 1* |
| Data not available | (26) |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 2,839 | ||
| 10-19 | 5,187 | (1) | |
| 20-29 | 14,706 | (19) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 16,258 | (44) | 5* |
| 40-49 | 14,646 | (106) | 3* |
| 50-59 | 12,988 | (263) | 15* |
| 60-69 | 9,048 | (546) | 11* |
| 70-79 | 5,586 | (824) | 21* |
| 80+ | 5,027 | (1,521) | 75* |
| Data not available | (23) | ||
| Female | 45,250 | (1,646) | 68* |
| Male | 41,035 | (1,701) | 63* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 26,189 | (1,365) | 49* |
| Asian (NH) | 1,625 | (126) | 6* |
| White (NH) | 18,746 | (1,409) | 67* |
| Hispanic | 21,311 | (386) | 9* |
| Other (NH) | 3,984 | (35) | |
| Data not available | 14,430 | (26) |
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.
Today is the first time, in my looking at the age bracket breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths, that the 20-29 year olds have outnumbered the 40-49 year olds. They appear to be moving upward. Our 30-39 year olds have been leading all ranges by a big margin for some time now.