The Spy obtains information for the above chart between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Statewide data are updated about 10 a.m. each day. Johns Hopkins updates its data throughout the day.
Key points for today
• Community transmission of COVID-19 remains high. Wear a mask indoors in public spaces.
• Kent County’s 7-day average positivity rate is 30.10% and its case rate is 94.13 cases per 100,000 population.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 830,940, an increase of 17,252 in the past 24 hours.
• In the past 24 hours, 52 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 11,969.
• The state’s average positivity rate is 27.83%, down 1.45 percentage points from yesterday.
• The number of patients currently hospitalized is 3,286, down 20 from yesterday.
Holly J says
The Maryland.gov site has Kent at 2399 today, Jan 9th