No new confirmed COVID-19 cases in poultry plants in June, Md. governor says

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Governor Larry Hogan announced on Monday that there have been no new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases associated with the state’s poultry processing facilities in the month of June.

Hogan says that early mitigation efforts taken by the state, local health departments, the CDC, and poultry industry have helped slow the spread of the virus among the state’s poultry processing facilities and in Eastern Shore communities where the workers live.

Monday marks one month since Stage One began in Maryland. The state’s positivity rate has dropped to 6.55%, and is now in single digits in all 24 jurisdictions. Half of the state’s jurisdictions have a positivity rate below 5% at this time.

In addition, hospitalizations are continuing to decline. ICU beds, which are one of the state’s key recovery metrics, have dropped below 300 for the first time since April 6th.

Confirmed deaths over the last seven days have dropped more than 25% compared to the previous seven days.

State officials are continuing to encourage Marylanders to get tested for COVID-19, with more than 150 testing sites open across the state. For a full map of open testing sites, click here.