Maryland’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations have increased for the third straight day and have been trending upwards since mid-March.
Currently, 1,282 Marylanders are hospitalized due to COVID-19, with that number up by 23 patients since Monday.
Of those currently hospitalized, 972 are in acute care and 310 are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients rose by seven while the number of intensive care patients grew by 16.
To date, Maryland has recorded a total of 40,358 coronavirus hospitalizations.
At least 437,584 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,280,495 have tested negative as of Tuesday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
The state’s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 925, an increase of about 0.21%.
A total of 8,406 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with 19 additional deaths reported since Monday. There are also 186 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
Maryland has completed 9,368,398 coronavirus tests to date, with 13,058 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
An average of 5.4% of the state’s COVID-19 tests over the last seven days came back positive.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 6.01% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 4.91% for Marylanders older than 35.
Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 2,340,897 first doses and 1,470,414 second doses.
In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 25,841 first doses and 29,111 second doses.
Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 179,758 people, including 25 doses that were reported in the past 24 hours.
A total of 1,650,172 Marylanders have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state data showed on Tuesday.
As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, there have been 81,523 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 68,945 in Montgomery County; 61,278 in Baltimore County; 49,409 in Baltimore City; 41,463 in Anne Arundel County; 19,150 in Frederick County; 18,454 in Howard County; 15,645 in Harford County; 13,874 in Washington County; 10,296 in Charles County; 8,878 in Carroll County; 7,331 in Wicomico County; 6,720 in Allegany County; 5,837 in Cecil County; 5,697 in St. Mary’s County; 4,078 in Calvert County; 3,516 in Worcester County; 2,844 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,623 in Dorchester County; 2,521 in Somerset County; 2,232 in Caroline County; 2,032 in Talbot County; 1,952 in Garrett County; and 1,286 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has identified 228,655 of the confirmed coronavirus patients as female and 208,929 as male.
Of the state’s confirmed cases, 23,518 are people age 9 or younger; 44,078 are people ages 10-19; 80,332 are people ages 20-29; 74,939 are people ages 30-39; 65,559 are people ages 40-49; 65,582 are people ages 50-59; 43,836 are people ages 60-69; 24,230 are people ages 70-79; and 15,510 are people age 80 or older.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 132,606 are Black, 10,554 are Asian, 154,145 are white, 67,094 are Hispanic, 20,457 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 52,728.
Nationwide, there have been at least 31,741,301 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 567,759 deaths. The U.S. has conducted more than 418.8 million coronavirus tests to date as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
