Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics
Tuesday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 13,709 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is a 0.4% increase from the 13,657 cases reported Monday.
Since the first case in March, 658 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of three deaths since Monday, according to the health department. The number of probable deaths is 40.
Montgomery County has seen more deaths due to COVID-19 than any other jurisdiction in the state. Prince George’s has lost 619 residents, the second-highest number in the state.
The positivity rate of 7.86%, reported Tuesday by the state health department, is the second-highest in the state, behind Prince George’s at 10.09%. The state calculates the positivity rate using the average rate for seven days. Montgomery County on Monday reported a positivity rate of 7% based on a rolling three-day average.
Maryland COVID-19 Statistics
As of Tuesday morning, there have been 62,409 confirmed cases throughout the state. That is an increase of 377 cases, or 0.6%, in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 2,851 Marylanders, 34 since Monday.
Currently, 742 Marylanders are hospitalized with COVID-19, which is three fewer than Monday. Of those patients, 284 are in intensive care, which is eight fewer than Monday.
There are fewer than one thousand Marylanders hospitalized with COVID-19 for the ninth day since April 9.
The state’s positivity rate remained below 7% for the fifth straight day. It is currently at 6.2%.
A total of 17,867 cases and 1,162 deaths involve the state’s African American community.
Here are the statewide statistics as of Tuesday, June 16. 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.
