Coronavirus illustration, created at the CDC
Baltimore City has tested 10.2 percent of its residents for coronavirus, according to state data.
The city joins seven other Maryland jurisdictions that have completed COVID-19 tests for at least 10 percent of their populations, including Somerset, Washington, Kent, Dorchester, Wicomico, Allegany and Talbot counties.
State health officials on June 18 called on local leaders to ramp up their jurisdictions’ testing efforts to test 10 percent of their populations.
Other than Baltimore City, the four other largest jurisdictions in Maryland–Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties–have not yet met that 10 percent benchmark but have increased their testing volumes.
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