Key points for today
• Talbot County has 45 confirmed cases.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is 24,473, an increase of 1,001 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 1,156 deaths, 58 were in the last 24 hours; another 95 deaths in Maryland are likely due to the novel coronavirus.
• Twenty percent of the state’s cases and 46 percent of deaths have been in congregate living facilities, such as nursing homes and prisons.
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COVID-19 Statistics 5.2.2020
Confirmed Cases | Daily Change | Percent Change | Cases within facilities | Percent cases within facilities | Cases per 100k Pop. | Total Deaths | Deaths within facilities | Percent deaths within facilities | Deaths per 100k Pop. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kent | 86 | 0 | - | 67 | 77.91% | 443.69 | 4 | 3 | 75.00% | 20.64 |
QA | 59 | 5 | 9.26% | 3 | 5.08% | 117.11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Talbot | 45 | 1 | 2.27% | 0 | 121.03 | 1 | 0 | 2.69 | ||
Caroline | 82 | 5 | 6.49% | 0 | 246.22 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Dorchester | 70 | 5 | 7.69% | 0 | 219.24 | 2 | 0 | 6.26 | ||
Mid-Shore | 342 | 16 | 4.90% | 70 | 20.47% | 198.63 | 7 | 0 | 4.07 | |
Cecil | 182 | 0 | 7.06% | 69 | 37.91% | 176.95 | 8 | 1 | 12.50% | 7.78 |
Md. | 24,473 | 1,001 | 4.26% | 4,707 | 19.23% | 404.80 | 1,156 | 533 | 46.11% | 19.12 |
Del. | 5,038 | 120 | 2.44% | 517.37 | 168 | 17.25 | ||||
USA | 1,117,979 | - | - | 340.60 | 65,416 | 19.93 | ||||
World | 3,392,771 | - | - | 43.62 | 241,193 | 3.10 |
Sources: State and local health departments, Johns Hopkins University.
The Spy updates this chart between 2 and 3 p.m. Statewide data is updated about 10 a.m. each day; counties may update data throughout the day until 5 p.m. Hopkins updates its map data throughout the day. If county and state data conflict, county data is reported.
Additional information
• There currently are 1,657 people hospitalized — 1,091 in acute care and 566 in intensive care; 11 people were released from the hospital in the last 24 hours. 4,910 Maryland residents have ever been hospitalized as a result of COVID-19.
• Maryland says 1,590 patients have been released from isolation, including 73 in the last 24 hours.
• The state reports 101,049 negative test results, including 3,538 in the last 24 hours.
• Benchmarks for the Maryland Roadmap to Recovery include a 14-day downward trajectory of COVID-19 cases, hospitalization rates (including ICU bed usage), and number of deaths.
The graphs below are from coronavirus.maryland.gov and show the trends for cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Terry Taylor says
To joggers, runners and bicyclists please wear masks. You may not care about your health but as the numbers show, which are going up daily, please consider friends, neighbors and our community’s health and well being.