Notes From Governor Hogan’s 3/9 Press Conference
(notes may be paraphrased)
• MD’s case rate per 100k has dropped by more than 76% to 12.9%, which is better than 32 other states.
• MD’s positivity rate has declined by more than 64%, to just 3.4%, which is better than 39 other states.
• Nursing homes with active cases has dropped by 59%
• Hospitalizations down 59%, from nearly 2,000 to 792, which is lowest since 11/10/2020
• MD is conducting surveillance testing at one of the highest rates in the country and sequencing for coronavirus variants at one of the highest rates in the world.
• More than half of Marylanders over 65 and more than half of our entire Phase 1 population has been vaccinated.
• Demand for the vaccines continues to exceed the supply. Supply will remain in the same level for approximately two weeks before we see an increase.
• Effective Friday, 3/12 at 5pm, capacity limits will be lifted on outdoor and indoor dining. Restaurants will still be limited to seated and distanced service only.
Local jurisdictions are not required to follow these guidelines.
• Effective Friday, 3/12, other large outdoor and indoor venues will expand to 50% capacity, including conference and wedding venues, concert venues, conventions, theaters, racing facilities, and sporting venues.
Local jurisdictions are not required to follow these guidelines.
• Masking, physical distancing, and other safety protocols will remain in place for all indoor and outdoor business and establishments.
Updated executive order available here.
• Quarantine requirements and other restrictions regarding out-of-state travel will also be lifted.
• Employers are encouraged to continue supporting telework when possible.
• Statewide masking order REMAINS IN FULL EFFECT.
• We can’t afford to undo the progress we’ve al made together.
• We are closer to the light at the end of the tunnel and a return to some kind of normalcy in our lives.