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 9.96% and its case rate is 25.00 cases per 100,000 population.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 965,328, an increase of 772 in the past 24 hours.
• In the past 24 hours, 21 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 13,486.
• The state’s average positivity rate is 6.12%, down 0.04 percentage points from yesterday.
• The number of patients currently hospitalized is 1,153, up 10 from yesterday.
Johnson Fortenbaugh says
What % of Covid deaths are fully vax’d people?