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 4.13% and its case rate is 9.56 cases per 100,000 population.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 1,003,039 an increase of 405 in the past 24 hours.
• In the past 24 hours,11 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 13,883.
• The state’s average positivity rate is 2.06%, down .13 percentage points from yesterday.
• The number of patients currently hospitalized is 374, down 17 from yesterday.
Robin Wood says
The CDC website shows Kent and neighboring counties to be green, or low risk, and their guidance now is that masks are optional, even indoors. The case rate and positivity rate above bear out the CDC. I plan to follow their recommendations and enjoy things such as indoor dining and other activities I have been depriving myself of during Delta and Omicron. I say live it up until the next spike comes along!