Key points for today
• Kent County cases decreased by 5 to 224.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 0.90%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 85,524, an increase of 648 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 3,327 deaths, 12 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 8 in the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 544 people hospitalized — 394 in acute care and 150 in intensive care.
• Of the 23,944 test results received on July 27, the average positivity rate was 4.33%; the 7-day average was 4.54%.
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Additional information
• A total of 1,144,696 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland. The state reports 782,732 total negative test results.
• Of the state’s 85,524 cases, 12,389 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 5,592 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the total cases, total ever hospitalized, and total deaths statewide.
J.M. Kramer says
Why are there 5 fewer cases than the day before? This isn’t the first time this has happened and it would be good to know what is driving this anomaly.