Key points for today
• Kent County cases increased by 3 to 123. Nearly 74% of cases were related to outbreaks at congregate living facilities, such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
• Of the 91 outbreak cases, 76 were residents and 15 were staff members.
• The state also reports 20 resident deaths at congregate living facilities in Kent County,
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is 34,812, an increase of 751 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 1,694 deaths, 51 were in the last 24 hours; another 115 deaths in Maryland are likely due to the novel coronavirus.
• Residents and staff members at congregate living facilities accounted for nearly 59 percent of the state’s COVID-19 deaths. Of the 995 deaths statewide related to such facilities, 984 residents and 11 staffers have died.
• Nearly 22 percent of the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases (7,538) are attributed to outbreaks at congregate living facilities.
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 1,550 people hospitalized — 978 in acute care and 572 in intensive care. The number of patients currently hospitalized dropped by 13 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 34,812 cases, 6,404 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment.
• Maryland says 2,456 patients have been released from isolation, including 62 in the last 24 hours.
• The state reports 138,762 negative test results, including 3,320 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.
Dean Snyder says
Question: If eight of the 20 deaths reported in nursing homes are counted as deaths in QA county, does that mean that there have been six deaths in Kent County that were not persons living in facilities? Am I calculating this correctly? Thanks.