Maryland Coronavirus Test Results Soar Past 8300 A Day: Official

MARYLAND — As testing capacity and sites increase in Maryland, the state reported a record number of test results Monday morning.

Maryland Department of Health officials say a total of 19,487 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus. That is an addition of 906 cases in the past day.

Negative test results total 85,489 in Maryland as of Monday morning, according to authorities. There were 78,084 negative coronavirus tests reported Sunday, meaning 7,405 negative test results were added in Monday morning's tally. From Saturday to Sunday, the state added 6,727 negative test results.

"We are reporting a record 8,311 test results today," Mike Ricci, spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan, said in a statement Monday morning.

Hogan has said increased testing capacity is a key component of the public health infrastructure needed for the state to begin recovering from the virus and reopening. To help expand the state's testing bandwidth, he recently purchased 500,000 tests from South Korea for the state with help from First Lady Yumi Hogan.

Officials said 858 people in Maryland have died from the new coronavirus as of Monday morning, with 87 additional deaths attributed to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, but test results have not yet confirmed that. The death toll has increased by 31 since Sunday's report.

The state health department is reporting 1,513 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including 535 in the intensive care unit (ICU), and 1,263 people have been released from isolation.

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 Monday, April 27:

Editor's note: The state began providing data Tuesday on current hospitalizations and ICU patients.

These are the ZIP codes with the highest coronavirus case counts in Maryland Monday:

• 505 cases — ZIP code 20783 (Prince George's County)
• 360 cases — ZIP code 20906 (Montgomery County)
• 344 cases — ZIP code 20904 (Montgomery County)
• 337 cases — ZIP code 21215 (Baltimore/Baltimore City)
• 332 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)

Maryland Coronavirus Cases By Jurisdiction

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Testing Sites Across The State

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 — Liberty Family Resource Center in Randallstown
• Baltimore County — Owings Mills VEIP station
• Baltimore County — Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium
• Charles County — Waldorf VEIP Station
• Harford County — Forest Hill VEIP Station
• Montgomery County —Upcounty Regional Services Center in Germantown
• Montgomery County — Wheaton Library and Community Recreation Center
• Montgomery County — White Oak VEIP Station
• Prince George's County — FedEx Field in Landover

Symptoms of the new coronavirus can appear two to 14 days after exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which lists the following: fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.

Health officials say most people with the virus will experience mild symptoms and can recover at home. People should call 911 and seek immediate medical attention if they have trouble breathing, bluish lips or face, new confusion or inability to arouse and/or persistent pain or pressure in the chest.

See Also:

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