Key points for today
• Kent County COVID-19 cases remain at 355, according to the county health department.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 0.51%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 153,996, an increase of 1,081 in the last 24 hours.
• This marks the fifth consecutive day in which the number of new cases in the state exceeded 1,000. The only other time Maryland had a similar streak was May 6-10.
• In the last 24 hours, 11 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 4,063.
The Spy obtains information for this chart between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Statewide data is updated about 10 a.m. each day; counties may update data throughout the day until 5 p.m. Johns 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 hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased by 23 over the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 655 people hospitalized — 492 in acute care and 163 in intensive care.
• Of the 30,266 test results received Nov. 7, the positivity rate was 4.21%; the 7-day positivity rate was 4.62%.
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Additional information
• A total of 3,654,459 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland; this number does not represent the total number of patients tested as some patients have been tested multiple times. The state reports 1,872,296 people have tested negative.
• Of the state’s 153,996 cases, 17,730 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 8,291 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the total cases, total ever hospitalized, and total deaths statewide.
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