Maryland’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increase Slightly with Uptick of Acute Care Patients

8/5/20

By Marcus Dieterle, Baltimore Fishbowl

Coronavirus illustration, created at the CDC

Maryland’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations increased slightly on Wednesday, with an uptick in the number of COVID-19 patients in acute care, state data show.

Of the state’s total number of confirmed cases, 12,922 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were hospitalized at some point.

There are currently 555 Marylanders hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 421 who are in acute care and 134 who are in intensive care.

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