Key points for today
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is 23,472, an increase of 1,730 in the last 24 hours.
• Kent County has 86 confirmed cases, including 67 cases in nursing homes.
• Of the state’s 1,098 deaths, 51 were in the last 24 hours; another 94 deaths in Maryland are likely due to the novel coronavirus.
The chart below is scrollable and the columns may be sorted in ascending/descending order.
COVID-19 Statistics 5.1.2020
| 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 | 7 | 8.86% | 67 | 77.91% | 443.69 | 5 | 3 | 60.00% | 25.80 |
| QA | 54 | 3 | 5.88% | 3 | 5.56% | 107.18 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Talbot | 44 | 6 | 15.79% | 0 | 118.34 | 1 | 0 | 2.69 | ||
| Caroline | 77 | 1 | 1.32% | 0 | 231.20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Dorchester | 65 | 4 | 6.58% | 0 | 203.58 | 2 | 0 | 6.26 | ||
| Mid-Shore | 326 | 21 | 5.13% | 70 | 21.47% | 189.34 | 8 | 0 | 4.65 | |
| Cecil | 182 | 12 | 7.06% | 69 | 37.91% | 176.95 | 8 | 1 | 12.50% | 7.78 |
| Md. | 23,472 | 1,730 | 7.96% | 4,707 | 20.05% | 388.24 | 1,098 | 533 | 48.54% | 18.16 |
| Del. | 4,918 | 263 | 5.65% | 505.05 | 159 | 16.33 | ||||
| USA | 1,070,032 | - | - | 325.99 | 63,019 | 19.20 | ||||
| World | 3,276,373 | - | - | 42.13 | 233,998 | 3.01 |
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 1,668 people hospitalized, a drop of 43 patients in the last 24 hours.
• Of those hospitalized, 1,100 are in acute care and 568 in intensive care.
• Of the state’s 23,472 confirmed cases, 4,718 have been hospitalized for treatment at some point.
• Maryland says 1,517 patients have been released from isolation, including 85 in the last 24 hours.
• The state reports 97,511 negative test results, including 4,894 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.
Bentley Orrick says
Looking at the Baltimore Sun Covid19 stats, I find the Kent stats as comparable (79 confirmed cases, deaths 5) if possibly a day late in the Bulldog edition of the Sun. However, the Queen Anne’s county stats have a glaring difference with zero deaths listed by the Spy and six by the Sun. Perhaps some double checking is needed?
John Griep says
When there is a conflict between the data reported by the state and a county, The Spy reports the data reported by the county. There has been a longstanding discrepancy in the deaths reported by the state and Queen Anne’s County, with reports that at least some of the deaths the state has listed for Queen Anne’s County should be listed for Kent County instead.