Gap Between Positive Test Rates for Younger and Older Marylanders is Narrowing

8/10/20

By Marcus Dieterle, Baltimore Fishbowl

The difference between the average rates of positive tests for Marylanders younger and older than 35 years old is shrinking, according to data that the state released today.

The average rate of positive tests is 3.06 percent for Marylanders older than 35 and 4.78 percent for Marylanders younger than 35–the first time that the latter group’s average has fallen below 5 percent during the pandemic.

For Marylanders overall, an average of 3.62 percent of tests over the last seven days came back positive for COVID-19.

Maryland health officials last week began reporting a breakdown of positivity rates by Marylanders older and younger than 35 years old.

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