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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cases in MD  were pretty flat throught late June.   They started rising in early July and have been rising more rapidly in late July.

We will see a rise in hospitalizations throughout the end of August, and the rise in deaths will start first week of September and continue to rise through early October.

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Is this due to increased testing? What does the percent positive number look like?[/quote]

That's been staying consistently around 4.5 to 4.6%.[/quote]

We need to keep testing until the positivity rate gets down to 2% consistently.   Then we will be reasonably sure that we are catching most cases and have an accurate number.[/quote]

Note that Maryland calculates its positivity rate as the number of positive tests divided by total testing volume over a seven-day period. On the other hand, instead of the total testing volume, Hopkins uses the number of people tested, or the combination of new cases and people who tested negative.  The Hopkins rate is usually higher than Maryland's, and has been above 6%, which is concerning.

[url]https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity[/url][/quote]

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