Key points for today
• Kent County cases increased by 1 to 255, according to the county health department.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 1.66%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 105,486, an increase of 440 in the last 24 hours.
• In the last 24 hours, 10 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 3,574.
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 21 in the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 432 people hospitalized — 326 in acute care and 106 in intensive care.
• Of the 12,377 test results received on Aug. 25, the positivity rate was 4.34%; the 7-day average was 3.35%.
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Additional information
• A total of 1,819,950 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland. The state reports 1,157,685 total negative test results.
• Of the state’s 105,486 cases, 14,090 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 6,061 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the total cases, total ever hospitalized, and total deaths statewide.
Chris Gordon says
My wife just learned that she had been in close contact with someone who has now tested positive. She tried to get a Covid test at the Kent County health office today and was told nothing would be available until until Monday, 5 days from now. No contact tracer has called. She was able to get tested today at Chesapeake College for which we are very grateful. It will be two or three days before we get results.
Kent County has to do a much better job if we are going to get this virus under control. Everyone should be able to be tested the same day after learning of an exposure. Contact tracing is a must. Kent County is not a hot spot. The health department should be able to cope. The present status is unacceptable.
Beryl Smith says
I wonder if tests have been diverted from Kent County because our numbers are lower than in other places. I found this is happening in other places. I took my husband to the emergency room in PennYan, New York recently and the doctor told me that all their tests had been sent to other places where the virus was more active. Thus, he was not tested as I would have expected although we were there for a different reason.