Maryland experiences its 'largest one-day increase' in COVID-19 cases; Cecil County has nine cases.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland had 580 confirmed COVID-19 cases, as of Thursday morning, after 157 new cases were reported in this state during a 24-hour period, according to a written statement by Gov. Larry Hogan, who further reported that it “is by far the largest one-day increase to date.”
Hogan’s office released his update at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday — three weeks after the governor had declared a state of emergency that was prompted, to a large degree, by the reporting of Maryland’s first three COVID-19 cases a few days earlier.
Since March 5, when Hogan announced his emergency declaration, at least 577 more COVID-19 cases have been reported in Maryland. As of Thursday morning, four COVID-19 deaths had been reported in this state.
Meanwhile, in the United States, 69,169 novel coronavirus cases had been reported, as of Thursday morning, and they had resulted in 1,045 deaths. Those figures reflect one-day increases of 3,391 and 103 respectively.
Globally, as of Thursday morning, more than 467,609 COVID-19 cases had been reported in 194 countries, resulting in 21,181 deaths.
“We have never faced anything like this ever before, and I continue to urge the people of our state to stay in place at home and stay safe,” Hogan cautions in Thursday’s written statement.'>>>
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