MARYLAND REPORTS 288 NEW COVID CASES

Maryland is adding 288 new COVID-19 cases and three additional virus-related deaths.  It marks the 11th day the state has reported more than 100 cases.  Hospitalizations jumped by 11, to 163, with 46 patients in intensive care.  The state’s seven-day positivity rate also rose by point-oh-eight-percent, to one-point-eight-one-percent.  More than three-and-half-million Maryland adults are fully vaccinated against the virus, and 76-point-five-percent have received at least one dose.