Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for April 15
Montgomery County health officials reported Thursday that 25.6% of the county residents are fully vaccinated which means they have either received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one dose of the Johnson and Johnson single-dose vaccine. Also, 42.7% of the county residents have received their first dose of one of the two-dose vaccines.
The Maryland Department of Health reported 110 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Thursday morning. This brings the county’s cumulative case count to 68,487.
Montgomery County recorded two new coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,449, the highest in the state.
As of April 13, there are 103 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Montgomery County.
The county has a rolling seven-day average of 3.25% for positive COVID-19 tests, which is an increase of 0.08 from Wednesday’s rate of 3.17%. The county’s positivity rate is lower than the rate in 21 of Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions.
With 1,449 COVID-19 related fatalities, Montgomery County leads the state in fatalities but not in total cases. Prince George’s County has the most coronavirus cases in the state with 80,817 cases and 1,388 fatalities. Baltimore County has the third-highest number of cases and fatalities in the state.
Somerset County located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore has the most cases per capita cases in the state with 97.9 cases per 1,000 residents. Allegany County in the western region of the state has the second-highest cases per capita at 94.7 cases per 1,000 residents.
Maryland COVID-19 Statistics for April 15
The Maryland Department of Health reported Thursday that 24.7% of Marylanders are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Of those vaccinated, 21.8% received two doses of either the Pizer or Moderna vaccines and 2.9% received the Johnson and Johnson single-dose vaccine.
Thursday the state recorded 1,444 new infections bringing the state’s cumulative case count to 431,795.
There are 1,244 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 across the state as of Thursday morning.
Thursday the state recorded 19 newly reported deaths, bringing the state death toll to 8,326.
The state reported a rolling seven-day average of 5.78% for positive COVID-19 tests Thursday. This is an increase of 0.09 from Wednesday’s rate of 5.69%.
