Key points for today
• Talbot County cases increased by 3 to 169, according to the county health department.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 71,910, an increase of 463 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 3,172 deaths, 12 were in the last 24 hours.
The Spy obtains information for this chart between 2 and 3 p.m. Statewide data is updated about 10 a.m. each day; counties may update data throughout the day until 5 p.m. 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 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Maryland dropped by 21 in the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 385 people hospitalized — 263 in acute care and 122 in intensive care.
• Of the 13,298 test results received on July 8, 4.64% were positive for COVID-19; the 7-day average positivity rate was 4.34%.
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Additional information
• A total of 774,693 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland. The state reports 549,153 total negative test results.
• Of the state’s 71,910 cases, 11,300 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 5,157 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the total cases, total ever hospitalized, and total deaths statewide.
Kip Requardt says
It would be helpful, reduce anxiety, increase understanding, and promote better prevention practices, if the general pubic could know where the spikes in CoViD-19 cases originated. That info is available, thanks to Contact Tracing, I believe. IS there a way to access that information? Thank you.