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Spy COVID-19 Aug. 4 Update

August 4, 2021 by John Griep

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*New cases in last 24 hours.

The Spy obtains information for the above chart between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Statewide data is updated about 10 a.m. each day. Johns Hopkins updates its data throughout the day.

Key points for today

• Since July 30, Kent County has reported 7 new COVID-19 cases. The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 4.65%.

• Maryland’s average positivity rate has been on an upward trend since July 13 and has been above 3% for four days.

• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 470,605, an increase of 695 in the last 24 hours.

• In the last 24 hours, five people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 9,620.

• The number of patients currently hospitalized is 325, up 16 from yesterday. This is the second straight day the number of patients has been more than 300. There have been more than 200 hospitalized patients for the past eight days. There are 243 patients in acute care beds and 82 in intensive care.

The Spy Newspapers may periodically employ the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the clarity and accuracy of our content.

Filed Under: COVID-19 Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid-19, hospitalizations, positivity rate, vaccination, vaccine

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 [email protected].

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  1. Linda Garman Weimer says

    August 4, 2021 at 4:23 PM

    This is not good news for Kent. An earlier Spy issue showed (and I think I’m recalling correctly) only 2 new
    cases from July 1 to about 14. But in just 5 days, (July 31-Aug. 4) that number of new cases has tripled.
    Can’t you find out if some (how many) are asymptomatic people who were fully vaccinated but still are carrying the virus? Such detail does appear in some national print media.

  2. Maren Gimpel says

    August 5, 2021 at 5:46 PM

    Can you provide the source for total QA cases? The official state website ( https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/ ) shows QA total cases as 3052 as opposed to the 4263 you list. That’s quite a discrepancy.

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