Key points for today
• Kent County cases increased by 3 to 224, according to the county health department.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 1.63%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 83,054, an increase of 1,288 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 3,304 deaths, 11 were in the last 24 hours.
The Spy obtains information for this chart between 12 and 2 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 12 in the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 545 people hospitalized — 388 in acute care and 157 in intensive care.
• Of the 34,874 test results received on July 24, 3.92% were positive; the 7-day average positivity rate was 4.48%.
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Additional information
• A total of 1,075,316 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland. The state reports 742,272 total negative test results.
• Of the state’s 83,054 cases, 12,188 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 5,434 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the total cases, total ever hospitalized, and total deaths statewide.
Maria Wood says
Kent County Health Dept and MD Health Dept both seem to say Kent County number is now 228.
elizabeth bonass says
Why are people being so irresponsible . Don’t they get it yet ? .