Maryland added more than 2,100 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
The state’s 7-day positivity rate is 9.15%; the highest rate since June 2 and the sixth day in a row that the rate has been above 8%.
Key points for today
• Talbot County COVID-19 cases increased by 20 to 1,361, according to the county health department.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 9.41%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 285,319, an increase of 2,148 in the last 24 hours.
• In the last 24 hours, 27 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 5,826.
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.
* Maryland and Cecil County report the total released from isolation.
** For Kent County deaths, The Spy reports its own tally based on the number of state-reported deaths within Kent County facilities and the number of non-facility deaths. For Queen Anne’s County deaths, The Spy reports the total deaths listed on the county’s website. There are discrepancies among state and county statistics concerning total deaths and facility deaths.
Key metrics
• The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased by 17 over the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 1,709 people hospitalized — 1,297 in acute care and 412 in intensive care.
• Of the 26,460 test results received yesterday, 9.81% tested positive; the 7-day average positivity rate was 9.15%.
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Additional information
• A total of 5,834,126 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland; this number does not represent the total number of patients tested as some patients have been tested multiple times. The state reports 2,558,381 people have tested negative.
• Of the state’s 285,319 cases, 27,196 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 9,378 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the average positivity rate for the five Mid-Shore counties.
Doris Nielsen says
I think it would be helpful to know the daily ICU capacity at Easton hospital and see it posted daily. It could perhaps be a deterrent to reckless behavior.
susan delean-botkin says
There has been a marked decrease in expected flu, colds, bronchitis so far this winter. This is thought to be due to washing hands, wearing masks, and social distancing. Just what is it about SARS-Covid-19 that is defying our scientific logic? And can you imagine what our numbers would be if we were not masking, washing hands, and social distancing?