The rate of positive coronavirus tests remains higher for Marylanders younger than 35 compared to Marylanders older than 35, according to data released by the state today.
Maryland health officials on Thursday began including a breakdown of positive testing rates among those two age ranges.
Starting March 29, the earliest date that the state has provided data on its seven-day average rates of positive tests, older Marylanders had a higher average positivity rate: 12 percent for Marylanders older than 35 and 9.56 percent for Marylanders younger than 35.
Both age groups’ positivity rates grew over the next three weeks, though the gap between the two groups widened.
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