Key points for today
• Kent County has 91 confirmed cases and six deaths; five cases and two deaths were added in the last 24 hours.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is 25,462, an increase of 989 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 1,182 deaths, 26 were in the last 24 hours; another 99 deaths in Maryland are likely due to the novel coronavirus.
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COVID-19 Statistics 5.3.2020
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 | 91 | 5 | 5.81% | 67 | 73.63% | 469.48 | 6 | 3 | 50.00% | 30.95 |
QA | 59 | 0 | - | 3 | 5.08% | 117.11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Talbot | 46 | 1 | 2.22% | 0 | 123.72 | 1 | 0 | 2.69 | ||
Caroline | 86 | 4 | 4.88% | 0 | 258.23 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Dorchester | 73 | 3 | 4.29% | 0 | 228.63 | 2 | 0 | 6.26 | ||
Mid-Shore | 355 | 13 | 3.80% | 70 | 19.72% | 206.18 | 9 | 0 | 5.23 | |
Cecil | 187 | 5 | 2.75 | 69 | 36.90% | 181.81 | 10 | 1 | 10.00% | 9.72 |
Md. | 25,462 | 989 | 4.04% | 4,707 | 18.49% | 421.16 | 1,182 | 533 | 45.09% | 19.55 |
Del. | 5,208 | 170 | 3.37% | 534.83 | 177 | 18.18 | ||||
USA | 1,143,433 | - | - | 348.35 | 66,760 | 20.34 | ||||
World | 3,476,021 | - | - | 44.69 | 245,531 | 3.16 |
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 1,635 people hospitalized — 1,070 in acute care and 565 in intensive care. The number of patients currently hospitalized dropped by 22 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 25,462 patients, 5,051 were ever hospitalized as a result of COVID-19.
• Maryland says 1,666 patients have been released from isolation, including 76 in the last 24 hours.
• The state reports 107,332 negative test results, including 6,283 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.
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