Key points for today
• Governor Hogan has enacted Stage I of the Recovery Plan. Maryland has been under at stay-at-home order since March 30. Effective at 5 p.m. Friday, the order will be lifted and businesses will begin reopening. Small retail stores, along with churches and houses of worship, may reopen at 50% capacity and with safety measures in place. Some personal services also will be allowed to open at 50% capacity, by appointment only. See related story here.
• Kent County cases increased by two to 125.
• University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton and Choptank Community Health Systems are expanding their testing capabilities throughout the Mid-Shore region.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is 35,903, an increase of 1,091 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 1,748 deaths, 54 were in the last 24 hours; another 115 deaths in Maryland are likely due to the novel coronavirus.
The chart below is scrollable and sortable.
Sources: State and local health departments, Johns Hopkins University.
The Spy updates this chart between 2 and 3 p.m. Statewide data is updated about 10 a.m. each day; counties may update data throughout the day until 5 p.m. Hopkins updates its map data throughout the day.
Nursing home data is updated weekly on Wednesdays.
If county and state data conflict, county data is reported.
* Maryland and Cecil County report the total released from isolation.
** See related story at talbotspy.org/discrepancies-in-reported-covid-19-deaths-in-kent-queen-annes.
Additional information
• There currently are 1,538 people hospitalized. The number of patients currently hospitalized dropped by 12 in the last 24 hours.
• Of the state’s 35,903 cases, 6,404 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment.
• Maryland says 2,569 patients have been released from isolation, including 113 in the last 24 hours.
• The state reports 142,551 negative test results, including 3,789 in the last 24 hours.
The graphs below are from coronavirus.maryland.gov and show the trends for cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Carla Massoni says
Kent is certainly facing challenges. Smallest county and highest percentages.