COVID-19 In Maryland: 79% Of Marylanders Vaccinated, Key Metrics Continue To Rise

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 950 caller COVID-19 cases and 5 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Friday morning.

Doctors accidental the caller cases are fueled by unsafe strains targeting the unvaccinated. During an August property conference, Governor 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.

Hogan besides said less than 0.01% of vaccinated Marylanders person been hospitalized with COVID-19, and little than 0.001% of vaccinated Marylanders person died from the virus.

More than 3.6 cardinal Maryland adults are afloat vaccinated. State officials besides reported that the authorities positivity went up to 4.46%.

Hospitalizations accrued by 2 to 492. Of those hospitalized, 369 stay successful acute attraction and 123 stay successful the ICU.

Since the pandemic began, determination were 478,067 full confirmed cases and 9,657 deaths.

There are 3,622,257 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,330,598 doses. Of those, 3,708,341 are archetypal doses with 10,121 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,344,158 2nd doses, 5,903 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 278,099 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 455 successful the past day.

The authorities reported 79% 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 5,139 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Wednesday, August 11.

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Of those cases, 519 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 4.3% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. 61 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 4% of lab-confirmed Covid deaths successful the state.