MD COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 500 Percent Harold Fisher January 4, 2022 at 3:29 pm in NEWS Tweet (Baltimore, MD) — COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland are up 500-percent since mid-November. State health officials confirmed 300 new pandemic-related hospitalizations today for a total of three-thousand-57. They say most state hospitals are at or near 100-percent capacity. Tags: MD COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 500 Percent