MD Coronavirus: More Than 18K Confirmed Cases, 827 Deaths

MARYLAND — After Maryland saw its greatest single-day increase in coronavirus deaths Saturday, the day-to-day death rate appears to have slowed, according to data released Sunday morning.

Officials say 827 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, as of Sunday, an increase of 30 deaths since Saturday.

Lab results are pending for an additional 83 people experts believe died from the respiratory illness.

On Saturday the state reported 797 people had died from the virus, an increase of 74 since the previous day.

Sunday morning's update from the Maryland Department of Health shows 18,581 Marylanders have tested positive for the virus, an increase of 815 in the past day.

"While we have some encouraging numbers on hospitalizations and ICU, which are leveling off, we’re still going up with respect to the number of cases and the number of deaths," Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said on ABC's "This Week" Sunday morning.

One week ago, 12,830 people had tested positive for the virus in Maryland. That means in a week, the state has seen an increase of more than 5,700 confirmed coronavirus cases. One month ago, 1,239 people had tested positive for the new coronavirus in Maryland.

The numbers are expected to increase as testing ramps up across the state, according to the governor, who recently obtained 500,000 test kits from South Korea with help from First Lady Yumi Hogan to allow more people to get tested. The governor said he would like the state to perform 20,000 tests a day, if possible.

There are 1,463 COVID-19 patients currently in Maryland hospitals as of Sunday morning, a day-to-day increase of 55 people. Of those hospitalized, 530 are in the intensive care unit (ICU), down from 538 Saturday.

Officials say 1,177 people in Maryland have been released from isolation as of Sunday morning, and 78,084 negative coronavirus tests have been reported.

"We can’t stop the virus but at least we’ve up 'til now stopped the overflow of our health care system," Hogan told CBS's "Face The Nation" Sunday morning. "Our hospitalizations and ICU beds are starting to flatten but our deaths and our infections are unfortunately going up."

Hogan, who released his plan for Maryland's recovery from the new coronavirus Friday, said before the state could begin easing restrictions, the number of hospitalizations, ICU patients and deaths from the illness must trend down over a 14-day period.

Here is a look at Maryland's coronavirus numbers as of Sunday, April 26, since the state began providing data Tuesday on current hospitalizations and ICU admissions:

These are the ZIP codes with the highest coronavirus case counts in Maryland Sunday, according to Kata D. Hall, a spokeswoman for the governor:

• 447 cases — ZIP code 20783 (Prince George's County)
• 337 cases — ZIP code 20906 (Montgomery County)
• 333 cases — ZIP code 20904 (Montgomery County)
• 329 cases — ZIP code 21215 (Baltimore/Baltimore City)
• 315 cases — ZIP code 20706 (Prince George's County)
• 294 cases — ZIP code 20902 (Montgomery County)
• 271 cases — ZIP code 20784 (Prince George's County)
• 243 cases — ZIP code 20785 (Prince George's County)
• 225 cases — ZIP code 21228 (Baltimore County)
• 225 cases — ZIP code 20782 (Prince George's County)
• 223 cases — ZIP code 20772 (Prince George's County)

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Here is the data for Sunday, April 26, from the Maryland Department of Health:

Maryland Coronavirus Cases By Jurisdiction

Maryland Coronavirus Cases By Age And Gender

Maryland Coronavirus Cases By Race And Ethnicity

The Maryland Department of Health and local health departments have opened testing sites at these locations, which require a doctor's order and an appointment:

• Annapolis — Parole Health Center
• Anne Arundel County — Glen Burnie VEIP Station
• Baltimore City — Clifton Park
• Baltimore City — Pimlico Race Course
• Baltimore City — Rawlings Conservatory at Druid Hill Park
• Baltimore County — Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium
• Charles County — Waldorf VEIP Station
• Harford County — Forest Hill VEIP Station
• Montgomery County — Wheaton Library and Community Recreation Center
• Montgomery County — White Oak VEIP Station
• Prince George's County — FedEx Field in Landover

Several sites above were added this week — the Parole walk-up testing initiative opened Monday, while the Rawlings Conservatory site, which also allows walk-up testing, was announced Tuesday. The Wheaton drive-thru testing site opened Wednesday. Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young announced Saturday a new testing site with walk-up capacity opened at Clifton Park.

Next week, several others will come online, when Germantown, Owings Mills and Randallstown will open up testing centers.

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