Key points for today
• Talbot County cases increased by 2 to 181, according to the county health department.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 73,109, an increase of 642 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 3,188 deaths, 9 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 increased by 2 in the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 392 people hospitalized — 278 in acute care and 114 in intensive care.
• Of the 21,140 test results received on July 11, 3.67% were positive for COVID-19; the 7-day average positivity rate was 4.45%.
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Additional information
• A total of 807,926 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland. The state reports 570,282 total negative test results.
• Of the state’s 73,109 cases, 11,420 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 5,230 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the total cases, total ever hospitalized, and total deaths statewide.
Kathleen Carroll says
I would like to know why cases have seeemed to be going up in Talbot County recently. Is it the result of more testing or is there another explanation?