Montgomery COVID-19 Cases Surpass 7,500, Maryland Cases Approach 36,000

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

Thursday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 7,548 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is a 3.64% increase the 7,283 cases reported Wednesday.

According to the health department, 397 county residents have died form COVID-19. This is a 2.85% increase of deaths since Wednesday. The number of probable deaths is 40.

There have been 1,936 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 294 deaths in Montgomery County nursing homes and assisted living facilities according to the Maryland Department of Health numbers released Wednesday. Nursing come case numbers are reported on a weekly basis.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Thursday morning, there were 35,903 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is a 3.13% increase of cases in the last 24 hours. There were 1,748 deaths, which is a 3.19% increase.

In Maryland, 6,404 people have been hospitalized since the outbreak of COVID-19.

On Thursday, 1,538 Marylanders are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, which is a 0.77% decrease from Wednesday. Of the currently hospitalized patients, 569 are in intensive care. This is a 0.52% decrease of patients in ICU beds since Wednesday.

A total of 11,328 cases and 708 deaths involve the state’s African American community. That is a 2.4% increase in African Americans dying of coronavirus since Wednesday.

There have been 7,538 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 995 deaths in nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout the state. This is a 21 percent increase in cases and a 26 percent increase in deaths since Wednesday, May 6. The number includes 5,329 cases and 983 deaths in residents.

Here are the statewide statistics as of Wednesday. The first column is for the number of cases. The next column is the number of deaths, which is in parentheses.

Age/Gender
0-9      | 671
10-19  | 1,299
20-29  | 4,685 (10)
30-39  | 6,475 (20)
40-49  | 6,440 (48)
50-59  | 6,033 (116)
60-69  | 4,487 (271)
70-79  | 3,004 (428)
80+     | 2,809 (771)
Data not available |  (81)

Female | 18,780 (871)
Male     | 17,123 (877)

Race/Ethnicity
African-American (NH)  | 11,328 (708)
Asian (NH)                         | 703 (60)
White (NH)                        | 7,479 (731)
Hispanic                             | 7,864 (137)
Other (NH)                        | 1,708 (22)
Data not available            | 6,821 (90)

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