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.
• Dorchester County’s 7-day average positivity rate is 36.03% and its case rate is 239.41 cases per 100,000 population.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 850,316, an increase of 9,693 in the past 24 hours.
• In the past 24 hours, 70 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 12,086.
• The state’s average positivity rate is 27.62%, down 0.36 percentage points from yesterday.
• The number of patients currently hospitalized is 3,452, up 88 from yesterday.
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