Maryland Department of Health reports 4,325 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Howard County and 106,664 cases in Maryland on August 28th. Maryland added 601 new cases and Howard County added 25 new cases of COVID-19 in the past day.

The statewide COVID-19 testing positivity rate is now 3.32% and Howard County is at 2.57%.

Here are some interesting recent articles on the blog:

• Maryland State Superintendent Urges School Systems to Reevaluate Mode of Instruction at the End of the First Quarter
• HCPSS Superintendent Michael Martirano provides an update related to the press conference by the Governor and State Superintendent of Schools

Tomorrow I am planning an update to my weekly COVID-19 tracking charts for the blog. A bit of an early spoiler…the amount of COVID-19 testing conducted this past week will be lower than the previous six weeks.

COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland

Number of confirmed cases : 106,664
Number of persons tested negative : 1,184,606
Total testing volume : 1,868,927
Number of confirmed deaths : 3,593
Number of probable deaths : 143
Currently hospitalized : 412
Acute care : 306
Intensive care : 106
Ever hospitalized : 14,184
Released from isolation : 6,124

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	392	(20)
Anne Arundel	8,190	(223)	10*
Baltimore City	14,312	(438)	20*
Baltimore County	15,149	(575)	23*
Calvert	779	(27)	1*
Caroline	489	(3)
Carroll	1,669	(120)	3*
Cecil	769	(30)	1*
Charles	2,346	(91)	2*
Dorchester	443	(6)
Frederick	3,430	(117)	7*
Garrett	63
Harford	2,408	(66)	3*
Howard	4,325	(111)	6*
Kent	260	(22)	1*
Montgomery	19,806	(779)	39*
Prince George’s	25,963	(762)	23*
Queen Anne’s	533	(25)	1*
St. Mary’s	1,096	(55)
Somerset	191	(3)
Talbot	463	(4)
Washington	1,273	(32)
Wicomico	1,522	(47)
Worcester	793	(22)	1*
Data not available		(15)	2*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	3,878
10-19	7,534	(2)
20-29	19,164	(23)	1*
30-39	19,908	(46)	6*
40-49	17,680	(119)	3*
50-59	15,781	(289)	16*
60-69	10,719	(586)	13*
70-79	6,516	(893)	26*
80+	5,484	(1,633)	77*
Data not available		(2)	1*
Female	56,368	(1,758)	75*
Male	50,296	(1,835)	68*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	34,105	(1,471)	55*
Asian (NH)	1,981	(132)	6*
White (NH)	24,102	(1,520)	68*
Hispanic	25,669	(415)	10*
Other (NH)	4,678	(39)
Data not available	16,129	(16)	4*

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 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.