The gap between the average positive test rates for Marylanders older and younger than 35 years old has narrowed to less than 1 percentage point, state data show.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests on Aug. 19, the most recent day that state data is available, was 3.79 percent for Marylanders younger than 35 and 2.97 percent for Marylanders older than 35–a difference of 0.82 percentage points.
The difference between older and younger Marylanders’ average positive test rates has not been lower than 1 percentage point since the two groups’ average rates were separated by 0.99 percentage points on May 4.
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