Overview
- State data confirm 46 cold-related deaths this season, with 11 occurring between the January 24 snowstorm and February 7.
- Weekly surveillance points to at least 15 deaths in the two weeks after the storm, a figure subject to change as cases are finalized.
- Post-storm fatalities were distributed across the state: 4 in Baltimore City, 3 in Baltimore County, 2 each in Prince George’s, Montgomery, and Washington counties, and 1 each in Anne Arundel and Charles.
- This season’s deaths skew toward older adults and men, including 29 seniors and 31 men, with about 15% presumed homeless and a near even split between indoor (21) and outdoor (23) settings.
- Cold illness burden surged in early February with 280 hospital and urgent care visits that week and 2,537 visits so far this season, with Baltimore reporting 12 deaths and Baltimore County 8 to date.