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 levels in all counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore are low.
- Dorchester County’s 7-day average positivity rate is 2.04% and its case rate is 7.61 cases per 100,000 population.
- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 1,009,343, an increase of 246 in the past 24 hours.
- In the past 24 hours, 8 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 14,047.
- The state’s average positivity rate is 1.45%, up 0.02 percentage points since yesterday.
- The number of patients currently hospitalized is 167, down 8 from yesterday.