Maryland reports 463 new coronavirus cases

Maryland reported 463 new coronavirus cases Friday, and 12 more deaths. In total, the state has reported nearly 72,000 cases and more than 3,000 deaths from the pandemic.

Friday marked the 15th consecutive day that the state has reported fewer than 20 deaths as a result of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Maryland had no day with fewer than 20 deaths between April 10 and June 6.

Friday also marked the 15th straight day that Maryland had a testing positivity rate below 5%, as the state reported a rate of 4.34%. The World Health Organization recommends that governments have a sevenday average rate below 5% care units. land and across the counfor 14 days before theytry.Themostnewcases begin reopening measures, were reported in Baltimore More than half of Frialthough Maryland already City, which added 94, folday’s new cases were rebegan reopening in earnest. lowed by Baltimore County, ported among people

Thursday’s 586 new Montgomery County and younger than 40. But all of cases broke Maryland’s Prince George’s County. the newly reported deaths five-day streak of fewer The latter two counties were among people older than 500 new confirmed have reported the most than 50. cases, but Friday’s tally total cases in the state, with For those under 35, the dropped below this benchmore than 15,000 and testing positivity rate is mark once more. 19,000 cases, respectively. 6.33%, but for Marylanders

The number of new Baltimore City stood at over 35, the positivity rate is cases have ticked up a bit 8,249 cases Friday, just be3.44%. recently, but remains well low Baltimore County’s Four Maryland counties below the numbers from 8,581 cases. had testing positivity rates Maryland’s peak, when, at The majority of Friday’s greater than 5% as of Friday times, the state reported new cases — 39% — were — Baltimore City (5.37%), more than 1,000 cases per reported among AfricanCharles County (5.42%), day. American Marylanders. Prince George’s County

The state also reported About 33% of those with (6.85%) and Queen Anne’s 385 people hospitalized as a new cases were white and County (7.67%). Montresult of the virus on Friday, 19% were Hispanic. The gomery County’s rate 21 fewer than Thursday. virus has disproportiondropped below 5% beAbout 30% of those hospiately affected Black and tween Thursday and Fritalized were in intensive Hispanic people in Mary- day, and sits at 4.38%.