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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 972 caller COVID-19 cases and 17 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Tuesday morning.
The percent of radical investigating affirmative decreased somewhat by .06% to 4.13%.
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Doctors accidental the caller cases are fueled by unsafe strains targeting the unvaccinated. During an August property conference, Gov. Larry Hogan said the Delta variant, a strain that is reportedly 2 to 4 times much contagious than the archetypal microorganism strain, accounts for astir each caller confirmed lawsuit successful Maryland.
“The vaccines are without a uncertainty our azygous astir effectual instrumentality to mitigate the menace of COVID-19 and the surging Delta variant, and Maryland’s vaccination complaint continues to outpace the nation,” Hogan said.
More than 3.8 cardinal Maryland adults are afloat vaccinated.
Hospitalizations decreased by 11 to 785. Of those hospitalized, 585 stay successful acute attraction and 200 are successful the ICU.
Since the pandemic began, determination were 529,736 full confirmed cases and 10,183 deaths.
There are 3,884,282 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,890,885 doses. Of those, 3,940,494 are archetypal doses with 3,863 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,583,045 2nd doses, 3,470 successful the past day.
The authorities began to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine again successful April aft the CDC and FDA lifted their intermission connected the vaccine owed to a uncommon humor clot recovered successful immoderate women.
A full of 301,237 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 445 successful the past day.
On September 24, aft the CDC granted last support for Pfizer’s booster, Gov. Hogan announced the contiguous authorization of the booster changeable for Marylanders who person received their 2nd Pfizer changeable astatine slightest six months ago. Hogan had already approved use for susceptible populations successful aboriginal September.
The authorities has administered 66,109 further oregon booster vaccine doses, 5,485 successful the past day.
The authorities reported 83.4% of each adults successful Maryland person received astatine slightest 1 dose of the vaccine.
In August, the authorities launched a post-vaccination infections dashboard that is updated each Wednesday. There person been 18,243 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Of those cases, 1,331 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 8.73% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. One 100 fifty-six afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 8.36% of lab-confirmed Covid deaths successful the state.
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Here’s a breakdown of the numbers:
By County
| County | Cases | Deaths | |
| Allegany | 8,898 | (230) | 2* |
| Anne Arundel | 50,220 | (715) | 15* |
| Baltimore | 73,254 | (1,726) | 42* |
| Baltimore City | 58,792 | (1,284) | 27* |
| Calvert | 5,147 | (93) | 1* |
| Caroline | 2,873 | (39) | 0* |
| Carroll | 11,011 | (271) | 7* |
| Cecil | 7,886 | (163) | 2* |
| Charles | 13,635 | (236) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 3,780 | (72) | 1* |
| Frederick | 22,908 | (353) | 10* |
| Garrett | 2,670 | (69) | 1* |
| Harford | 19,242 | (327) | 8* |
| Howard | 21,795 | (262) | 7* |
| Kent | 1,563 | (49) | 3* |
| Montgomery | 79,555 | (1,625) | 51* |
| Prince George’s | 96,373 | (1,631) | 43* |
| Queen Anne’s | 3,562 | (63) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 8,509 | (146) | 1* |
| Somerset | 3,105 | (46) | 0* |
| Talbot | 2,579 | (50) | 0* |
| Washington | 17,617 | (356) | 5* |
| Wicomico | 10,127 | (201) | 0* |
| Worcester | 4,635 | (112) | 1* |
| Data not available | 0 | (64) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 34,732 | (4) | 0* |
| 10-19 | 57,464 | (7) | 1* |
| 20-29 | 96,237 | (50) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 90,990 | (130) | 7* |
| 40-49 | 77,681 | (332) | 5* |
| 50-59 | 76,440 | (915) | 34* |
| 60-69 | 51,033 | (1,750) | 28* |
| 70-79 | 27,996 | (2,571) | 47* |
| 80+ | 17,163 | (4,422) | 107* |
| Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
| Female | 277,512 | (4,904) | 111* |
| Male | 252,224 | (5,279) | 119* |
| Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
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By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 167,047 | (3,658) | 85* |
| Asian (NH) | 12,782 | (340) | 11* |
| White (NH) | 196,357 | (5,160) | 114* |
| Hispanic | 76,052 | (856) | 19* |
| Other (NH) | 24,465 | (110) | 1* |
| Data not available | 53,033 | (59) | 0* |
CBS Baltimore Staff
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