As Maryland prepares to open coronavirus vaccine eligibility to more types of residents next week, the state’s daily number of new COVID-19 cases and average positive test rate continued to rise on Friday.

Maryland health officials on Friday confirmed 1,152 new cases, the third time in less than a week that the state has reported more than 1,000 daily cases.

At least 397,898 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,104,182 have tested negative as of Friday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.

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