Maryland’s Average COVID-19 Positive Test Rate Declines for a Week

1/26/21

By Marcus Dieterle, Baltimore Fishbowl

Coronavirus illustration, created at the CDC

The percentage of Maryland’s coronavirus tests that have come back positive over the last seven days continues to decrease, with the average reaching 6.84% on Monday.

The state’s average positive test rate has decreased every day since reaching 8.22% on Jan. 17.

At least 343,138 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 2,787,084 have tested negative as of Monday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.

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