Maryland Sees Uptick In COVID-19 Cases Among People Under 19

COVID-19 infections in people under the age of 19 are on the rise, according to data recorded by the Maryland State Department of Health. Within the past 24 hours, 16 more people had to be hospitalized because of the virus. This brought the total number of inpatients to 468 across the state. Of that total, 13 are pediatric patients.  Since Friday, pediatric acute care beds have been in the double digits with 11 in use on Tuesday with an additional two children in the intensive care unit. An additional 2,482 positive tests were added to the tally Tuesday.