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News COVID-19

Spy COVID-19 Daily Update Jan. 13

January 13, 2021 by John Griep

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Maryland added more than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 37 additional deaths.

The state’s 7-day positivity rate is 8.53%, a decrease of 0.24 percentage points. The rate has been above 8% for 16 days.

 

Key points for today

• Kent County COVID-19 cases increased by 9 to 886, according to the county health department.

• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 7.52%.

• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 314,867, an increase of 2,516 in the last 24 hours.

• In the last 24 hours, 37 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 6,233.

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.

* 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 decreased by 23 over the last 24 hours.

• There currently are 1,929 people hospitalized — 1,475 in acute care and 454 in intensive care.

• Of the 34,334 test results received yesterday, 8.84% were positive.

For additional COVID-19 graphics and links to resources, click here.

Md. Hospital Capacity and Beds in Use

Additional information

• A total of 6,254,353 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 2,667,562 people have tested negative.

• Of the state’s 314,867 cases, 28,986 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 9,439 have been released from isolation.

Filed Under: COVID-19 Tagged With: cases, coronavirus, Covid-19, deaths, hospitalizations, positivity rate

About John Griep

John Griep has spent more than 25 years as a reporter and editor covering Talbot County and the Mid-Shore, including county and town governments, courts, police, planning and zoning, business and real estate. Contact him at john@spycommunitymedia.org.

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