Maryland reported 1,720 Covid-19 patients hospitalized Thursday, the state’s highest total ever during the pandemic, Gov. Larry Hogan announced.
Those hospitalized include 416 individuals in intensive care units, the state’s highest level since June 6. Eighty-eight percent of staffed acute beds in the state are currently occupied and 87% of ICU beds are currently occupied, the governor said.
Maryland reported a total of 225,855 Covid-19 cases, including 20 straight days with more than 2,000 daily cases. There have now been 4,850 Covid-19-related deaths in the state, Hogan said.
Note: These numbers were released by the state’s public health agency, and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.