*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 26, Dorchester County has reported 11 new COVID-19 cases. The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 3.56%.
• Maryland’s average positivity rate has been on an upward trend since July 13 and has been above 2% for six days.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 467,961, an increase of 526 in the last 24 hours.
• In the last 24 hours, no one died as a result of COVID-19, leaving the state’s total to 9,599.
• The number of patients currently hospitalized is 222, up 7 from yesterday. There have been more than 200 hospitalized patients for the past three days. There are 164 patients in acute care beds and 58 in intensive care.
Susan Jones says
I just want to say THANK YOU for providing this information on the Covid . it really is helpful in knowing what is going on locally .