Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for May 10
Since Friday, May 7, the Maryland Department of Health has reported 103 new cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County — 47 Saturday, 32 Sunday and 24 Monday. The county’s cumulative case count is 70,257.
The county most recently reported that 86 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Montgomery County as of May 4.
Montgomery County recorded two new coronavirus-related fatalities since Friday, May 7. The death toll for the county is 1,483, which is the highest in the state.
The county has a positive test rate of 1.64% for Sunday, which is a decrease of 0.19 from Saturday’s average rate of 1.83%. The county’s positivity rate is lower than all of the other jurisdictions in Maryland.
Montgomery County leads the state in total COVID-19 related fatalities (1,483) but not in total cases. Prince George’s County has 1,449 fatalities and the most coronavirus cases in the state with 83,912 cases. Baltimore County has the second-highest death toll with 1,461 fatalities and 64,579 cases.
Somerset County on the Eastern Shore has the highest per capita cases with 99.9 cases per 1,000 residents. Allegany County in the western region of the state has the second-highest cases per capita at 98.0 cases per 1,000 residents.
Maryland COVID-19 Statistics for May 10
Since Friday, May 7, the state recorded 1,366 new infections — 656 Saturday, 434 Sunday, and 276 Monday. On Monday, the increase was the lowest since July 6, 2020, when 272 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded. The state’s cumulative case count is 453,401.
On Monday, the state reported 798 patients were hospitalized across the state with the virus. COVID-19 related hospitalizations have been decreasing since April 20. Since May 2, the number of Marylanders hospitalized with the disease has remained below 1,000.
Maryland recorded 28 new coronavirus-related fatalities since Friday, May 7 — 10 Saturday, 8 Sunday, and 10 Monday — bringing the death toll to 8,670.
The state reported a positive test rate of 3.06% for tests completed Sunday. This is a decrease of 0.25 from Saturday’s rate of 3.31%.
