Maryland’s statewide positivity rate has dropped to its lowest point on record since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a press release from Governor Larry Hogan. After a third consecutive day of record low numbers, the COVID-19 positivity rate in the state is now below 4%.

The current 3.9% positivity rate – meaning the proportion of people who test positive out of the overall number of people tested — is a sharp dip from the state’s peak in positivity rate, which was 27% in April, according to the Baltimore Sun.

Hospitalizations, meanwhile, showed a slight decline at 528, with 135 ICU beds currently in use.

State health officials are monitoring a rising positivity rate in Worcester County which has risen by more than 93% since the end of July. The county is home to popular vacation spot Ocean City, a site that saw large crowds soon after it reopened in May. Officials announced a new mandate late last month requiring masks on the boardwalk.

Montgomery County has seen a dramatic dip in positivity rate that stands now at 2.5%, per the release — a 92% decrease since April. The county has been one of the state’s hardest-hit during the pandemic, and was among the jurisdictions that asked state officials to tighten restrictions last month.

Less than 20% of Marylanders have received a COVID-19 test, which could soon increase after Hogan signed a six-state agreement to expand testing and coordinate the purchase of rapid antigen tests. Maryland currently has 215 COVID-19 testing sites available.

“With severe shortages and delays in testing and the federal administration attempting to cut funding for testing, the states are banding together to acquire millions of faster tests to help save lives and slow the spread of COVID-19,” Hogan said in the release.

Marylanders over 35 are seeing record low positivity rates around 3%, with those under 35 years old hovering 5% but still in decline.