Maryland on Friday confirmed more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases for the 18th consecutive day.

Before December, the state had only seen 10 other days of the pandemic with a daily number of new cases of 2,000 or more.

At least 246,553 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 2,387,177 have tested negative as of Friday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.

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