The Spy obtains information for the above chart between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Statewide data are updated about 10 a.m. each day. Johns Hopkins updates its data throughout the day.
Key points for today
• Community transmission of COVID-19 remains high. Wear a mask indoors in public spaces.
• Talbot County’s 7-day average positivity rate is 11.75% and its case rate is 41.87 cases per 100,000 population.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 963,432, an increase of 1,627 in the past 24 hours.
• In the past 24 hours, 35 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 13,332.
• The state’s average positivity rate is 6.56%, down 0.13 percentage points from yesterday.
• The number of patients currently hospitalized is 1,249, down 129 from yesterday.
Rebecca Ellison says
Three more of our neighbors have died in the last few days. The total for Talbot has quickly risen from 72 to 75. This official message continues to read “Community transmission of COVID-19 remains high. Wear a mask indoors in public spaces.” That is only common sense. Most of us take this advice seriously however, for some reason, the YMCA still flaunts it.