Posted on 08/15/25
| News Source: FOX45
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 15, 2025 - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland are up 123% over the last two weeks, the most hospitalizations in a month since April. While the state has typically seen a surge in COVID-19 cases during summer, this one is coming later than usual.
According to data from Maryland Department of Health Vital Statistics Administration, newly reported cases of COVID-19 in Maryland are up 50% within the last two weeks, with 2,089 cases from July 29 to Aug. 12 compared to 1,427 cases between July 15 and July 29.
Maryland had 67 COVID-19 hospitalizations within the past two weeks, up 37 from the previous two-week period. Last year, COVID cases were at their peak of the summer spike by this time in August, with 5,000 cases within some two-week periods.
Andrew Pekosz, a professor with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said that COVID-19 surges have fallen into a seasonal pattern, similar to influenza, with minor surges like this one happening slightly earlier or later each year.