(7 Apr 2020) Governor Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that the Maryland Department of Health will immediately begin providing demographic breakdowns on race of coronavirus patients and their case data including testing, hospitalizations and mortality rates. Hogan is one of a growing number of governors being pressured to release the racial breakdown of COVID-19 cases after other cities and states showed a disproportionately large number of coronavirus patients are black americans.
Maryland will begin this week to publish a racial breakdown of all data on COVID-19 cases with instructions to update as new data comes in.
"I have also directed them to be as proactive as anyone in the nation on this. With respect to the private labs across the country that are not currently tracking or providing this data," he said at a news conference Tuesday.
The Maryland governor spoke to reporters after touring a new 250 bed field hospital at the Baltimore Convention Center which is set for patients to complete their care and fully recover from the coronavirus.
Hogan says the Trump administration designated Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia a hot spot for the virus and Maryland has received 200 ventilators from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
"I want to thank Vice President Pence for his commitment last night about sending 200 ventilators to Maryland," he said.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
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