Maryland is seeing an uptick in the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19. The Maryland Department of Health reports hospitalizations are up by seven yesterday, while more than 40 were reported on Sunday. There are now more than 12-hundred Maryland residents hospitalized with the virus. Out of that, 965 are reportedly in acute care and 294 are in ICU beds. Health officials are reporting more than 600 new COVID cases and eleven deaths, as of yesterday.