Montgomery COVID-19 Deaths at 699, Slight Increase in State Hospitalizations

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics

On Tuesday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 14,737 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 62 from the 14,675 cases reported Monday.

Since the first case in March, 699 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of two deaths since Monday.

More Montgomery County residents have died due to COVID-19 than any other jurisdiction in the state. Prince George’s has lost 658 residents, the second-highest number in the state.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics

As of Tuesday morning, there are been 67,559 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 305 in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 3,062 Marylanders, 14 since Monday.

Currently, 452 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those patients, 152 are in intensive care, eight less than Monday. Even with slight increases in the number of patients in the hospital, this is the fifth straight day hospitalizations have remained below 500.

The testing positivity rate of 4.81% was reported Tuesday by the state health department. This is the fifth day the rate remained below 5%.

Statewide, a total of 19,349 cases and 1,242 deaths involve the state’s African American community.

Here are the statewide statistics as of Tuesday, June 30. The first column is for the number of cases. The next column is the number of deaths, which is in parentheses. The second number in that column is the number of probable deaths.

 

Write a Comment

Related Articles