Key points for today
• Three more Talbot County residents died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the total to 20, according to the county health department.
• Talbot County COVID-19 cases increased by 15 to 2,033.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 7.83%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 356,541, an increase of 905 in the last 24 hours. This was the lowest one-day increase and the first increase below 1,000 since Nov. 3.
• In the last 24 hours, 34 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 7,012.
• The state’s 7-day positivity rate is 5.79%, an increase of 0.18 percentage points.
The Spy obtains information for this chart between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Statewide data is updated about 10 a.m. each day; counties may update data throughout the day until 5 p.m. Johns Hopkins updates its data throughout the day.
Hospitalizations
• The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Maryland increased by 30 over the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 1,467 people hospitalized — 1,101 in acute care and 366 in intensive care.
Marian Murphy says
What’s going on with the shortage of vaccine shipments to the Eastern Shore? Talbot county was due to receive 1,400 doses and we received 400?! I’ve spent two weeks running from the UofM to CVS to Walmart to Giant and soon Rite Aid with absolutely no success and no vaccine even though I’m in the 1b category. I understand there is no such shortage on the western shore? I just left a message with Gov. Hogan asking why we have been shortchanged and if anyone else is curious his number is 410-974-3901.