Key points for today
• Kent County cases increased by 4 to 255.
• The county’s 7-day average positivity rate is 1.82%.
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland is now at 102,899, an increase of 670 in the last 24 hours.
• In the last 24 hours, 5 people died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 3,536.
The Spy obtains information for this chart between 12 and 2 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 data throughout the day.
* Maryland and Cecil County report the total released from isolation.
** For Kent County deaths, The Spy reports its own tally based on the number of state-reported deaths within Kent County facilities and the number of non-facility deaths. For Queen Anne’s County deaths, The Spy reports the total deaths listed on the county’s website. There are discrepancies among state and county statistics concerning total deaths and facility deaths.
Key metrics
• The number of COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Maryland remained steady in the last 24 hours.
• There currently are 455 people hospitalized — 353 in acute care and 102 in intensive care.
• Of the 29,379 test results received on Aug. 20, the positivity rate was 2.71%; the 7-day average was 3.08%.
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Additional information
• A total of 1,722,957 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Maryland. The state reports 1,101,368 total negative test results.
• Of the state’s 102,899 cases, 13,823 patients have ever been hospitalized for treatment; 6,047 have been released from isolation.
The graph below shows the total cases, total ever hospitalized, and total deaths statewide.
Marcia Yeager says
Are these 4 scattered through the county? Can tracing help us?