Record Number Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations In Frederick County

Over 70 people hospitalized with coronavirus in Frederick County

Frederick, Md. (DG) –  Frederick County is seeing it’s highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began.

There are 71 patients with COVID-19 at Frederick Health Hospital since Sunday, with nine patients in the intensive care unit.

There are 14,230 cases of COVID-19 in Frederick County, which is an increase of 80 over the weekend. The number of deaths is 215, and the county’s positivity rate is 9 percent.

In Maryland there are 326,445 cases of COVID-19 and 1,823 hospitalizations.