COVID-19 In Maryland: 636 New Cases And13 New Deaths Reported

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland reported 636 caller COVID-19 cases and 13 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Sunday morning.

The percent of radical investigating affirmative accrued by .07% to 3.16%.

As of Saturday, 586 radical are hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those hospitalized, 435 adults stay successful acute attraction and 146 adults are successful the ICU. Four children are successful acute attraction and 3 kids are successful intensive care.

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 4 cardinal Maryland adults are afloat vaccinated arsenic of Tuesday, October 26.

Since the pandemic began, determination were 561,270 full confirmed cases and 10,664 deaths.

There are 4,025,702 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 8,471,945 doses. Of those, 4,071,977 are archetypal doses with 5,308 administered successful the past 48 hours. They person fixed retired 3,713,590 2nd doses, 6,793 successful the past day.

“Thanks to the millions of radical who person rolled up their sleeves, Maryland continues to beryllium 1 of the astir vaccinated states successful America,” said Governor Hogan of the 8 cardinal milestone mark. “We person achieved these numbers with beardown nationalist wellness outreach, innovative lottery and assistance promotions, and a relentless absorption connected equity.”

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 312,112 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 453 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 374,266 further oregon booster vaccine doses, 21,485 successful the past day.

The authorities reported 86.3% 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 29,187 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of Oct. 27.

Less than 0.8% of afloat vaccinated Marylanders person aboriginal tested positive.

Of those cases, 2,131 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 11.87% of each COVID cases hospitalized successful the state. 295 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 12.75% 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	9,804	(247)	2*
Anne Arundel	53,160	(752)	15*
Baltimore	76,888	(1,802)	42*
Baltimore City	61,734	(1,319)	28*
Calvert	5,721	(100)	1*
Caroline	3,231	(51)	0*
Carroll	11,837	(282)	7*
Cecil	8,894	(177)	2*
Charles	14,531	(257)	2*
Dorchester	4,165	(80)	1*
Frederick	24,347	(367)	10*
Garrett	3,271	(78)	1*
Harford	20,818	(347)	8*
Howard	22,704	(271)	7*
Kent	1,736	(53)	3*
Montgomery	82,532	(1,663)	51*
Prince George’s	99,845	(1,681)	43*
Queen Anne’s	3,907	(71)	1*
St. Mary’s	9,990	(163)	1*
Somerset	3,357	(54)	0*
Talbot	2,864	(54)	0*
Washington	19,763	(392)	5*
Wicomico	11,146	(224)	0*
Worcester	5,025	(118)	1*
Data not available	0	(61)	0*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	39,201	(4)	0*
10-19	62,272	(8)	1*
20-29	100,404	(55)	1*
30-39	96,123	(143)	7*
40-49	81,570	(368)	5*
50-59	80,210	(989)	34*
60-69	53,895	(1,841)	29*
70-79	29,635	(2,681)	47*
80+	17,960	(4,573)	107*
Data not available	0	(2)	0*
Female	293,879	(5,123)	112*
Male	267,391	(5,541)	119*
Unknown Gender	0	(0)	0*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	175,704	(3,792)	86*
Asian (NH)	13,563	(348)	11*
White (NH)	214,489	(5,477)	114*
Hispanic	78,843	(877)	19*
Other (NH)	25,898	(116)	1*
Data not available	52,773	(54)	0*