Key points for today
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kent County remains at 120.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is 34,061, an increase of 688 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 1,643 deaths, 70 were in the last 24 hours; another 113 deaths in Maryland are likely due to the novel coronavirus.
The chart below is scrollable and sortable.
Sources: State and local health departments, Johns Hopkins University.
The Spy updates 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 map data throughout the day.
Nursing home data is updated weekly on Wednesdays.
If county and state data conflict, county data is reported.
* Maryland and Cecil County report the total released from isolation.
** See related story at talbotspy.org/discrepancies-in-reported-covid-19-deaths-in-kent-queen-annes.
Additional information
• There currently are 1,563 people hospitalized — 973 in acute care and 590 in intensive care. The number of patients currently hospitalized increased by 19 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 34,061 cases, 6,287 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment.
• Maryland says 2,394 patients have been released from isolation, including 96 in the last 24 hours.
• The state reports 135,442 negative test results, including 4,035 in the last 24 hours.
• Benchmarks for the Maryland Roadmap to Recovery include a 14-day downward trajectory of COVID-19 cases, hospitalization rates (including ICU bed usage), and number of deaths.
The graphs below are from coronavirus.maryland.gov and show the trends for cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
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