<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>ArcGIS Online for Maryland</dc:creator><dc:description>Summary The cumulative number of COVID-19 positive Maryland residents who have been hospitalized. Description The MD COVID-19 - Total Hospitalizations data layer is a collection of the statewide cumulative total of individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 that have been reported each day by each local health department as having been hospitalized. As published to coronavirus.maryland.gov, this is the "Ever Hospitalized" number. "Ever Hospitalized" refers to the cumulative number of individuals who were admitted to the hospital at some point during their COVID-19 illness. COVID-19 is a disease caused by a respiratory virus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. COVID-19 is a new virus that hasn't caused illness in humans before. Worldwide, COVID-19 has resulted in thousands of infections, causing illness and in some cases death. Cases have spread to countries throughout the world, with more cases reported daily. The Maryland Department of Health reports daily on COVID-19 cases by county.</dc:description><dc:format>ArcGIS FeatureLayer</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/9a33ce5efe0e458db636f215433765bd_0</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>Maryland iMap</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>MDCOVID19 TotalHospitalizations [Maryland]</dc:title><dc:type>Web services</dc:type><dc:coverage>Maryland</dc:coverage><dc:date>Last Modified: 2022-01-13</dc:date></oai_dc:dc>