Stage-1

Since May 14, 2020, Maryland is carefully reopening from an easy lock-down caused by coronavirus spreading thru the community (and all over the world). In this post, I’ll go through all the variables we have on the MD Health Department dashboard. But first, the official data comes from the MD dashboard and if you want scientific information about COVID-19, please consult the CDC website. If you are interested, you can read my previous posts on COVID-19 in Maryland from this page. ...

In my previous post, I was wondering if Maryland was ready to reopen, ready to enter Stage 1 of COVID-19 recovery. I also mentioned, in the end, that if Gov. Hogan announced the reopening of Maryland, he also gave counties the power to “fully” open, to be partially open or even to remain closed. You can see more info about Maryland Strong: Roadmap to Recovery: there is a map of what Counties decided. ...

A visual analysis of Governor Larry Hogan’s decision to enter Stage 1 of reopening Maryland. (This will be a post based on a thread of tweets I posted on May 14 with updated graphs for today - one days after the start of Stage 1 - and more) Maryland is in state of emergency since March 5, 2020 due to COVID-19. Governor Larry Hogan announced on May 14 that Maryland will " gradually reopen with flexible community-based approach" ( the official declaration is here). The MD Strong plan said " a 14-day downward trajectory of benchmark metrics - or at least a plateauing of rates - is required before recovery steps can begin". This Phase 1 started yesterday, May 15, 2020. So, are we there already? ...