The U.S. has topped more than 400,000 deaths from COVID-19.
Maryland added more than 2,100 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 38 deaths.
The state’s 7-day positivity rate is 7.76%, a decrease of 0.04 percentage points.
Key points for today
• Kent County COVID-19 cases increased by 7 to 956, according to the county health department.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 7.41%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 332,353, an increase of 2,167 in the last 24 hours.
• In the last 24 hours, 38 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 6,514.
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 17 over the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 1,858 people hospitalized — 1,438 in acute care and 420 in intensive care.
• Of the 30,886 test results received yesterday, 8.51% were positive.
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Md. Hospital Capacity and Beds in Use
Additional information
• A total of 6,541,052 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 2,740,161 people have tested negative.
• Of the state’s 332,353 cases, 30,327 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 9,457 have been released from isolation.
Vic Pfeiffer says
How many of you have tried to sign-up for an appointment to get a vaccine? I did yesterday, and it is a mess – and I suspect nearly impossible for some elderly and those without computers. I went to four (4) different websites and finally was tipped off by a friend in Montgomery County who told me to go to marylandvax.org. Even then, it was not obvious or easy. From my perspective the process and communications have been terrible.
Beryl Smith says
I too tried for days to get an appointment. Went to the website you mentioned but that was just more frustration as I tried to complete a form that wanted online photos of both sides of the insurance card. This was not a website created for those without computers or without advanced computer knowledge.
Chris Gordon says
I would like to see these daily updates include data on vaccinations.