ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 1,553 caller COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Friday morning.
The percent of radical investigating affirmative decreased by 0.02, presently sitting astatine 4.67%.
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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 3.7 cardinal Maryland adults are afloat vaccinated.
Hospitalizations accrued by 14, to 830. Of those hospitalized, 613 stay successful acute attraction and 217 are successful the ICU.
Since the pandemic began, determination were 508,017 full confirmed cases and 9,915 deaths.
There are 3,780,987 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,650,221 doses. Of those, 3,862,436 are archetypal doses with 5,564 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,494,909 2nd doses, 6,442 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.
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A full of 292,876 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 356 successful the past day.
The authorities reported 81.8% 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 14,006 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Sunday, Sept. 5.
Of those cases, 1,060 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 7.4% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. One 100 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 6% 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 | 8,062 | (218) | 1* |
Anne Arundel | 48,289 | (681) | 15* |
Baltimore | 70,991 | (1,697) | 41* |
Baltimore City | 56,864 | (1,260) | 26* |
Calvert | 4,777 | (90) | 1* |
Caroline | 2,605 | (36) | 0* |
Carroll | 10,419 | (260) | 6* |
Cecil | 7,343 | (160) | 2* |
Charles | 12,895 | (224) | 2* |
Dorchester | 3,476 | (68) | 1* |
Frederick | 22,030 | (342) | 10* |
Garrett | 2,367 | (68) | 1* |
Harford | 18,430 | (308) | 7* |
Howard | 21,092 | (259) | 7* |
Kent | 1,491 | (49) | 2* |
Montgomery | 77,265 | (1,610) | 51* |
Prince George’s | 93,513 | (1,598) | 43* |
Queen Anne’s | 3,346 | (58) | 1* |
St. Mary’s | 7,476 | (138) | 1* |
Somerset | 2,868 | (45) | 0* |
Talbot | 2,415 | (49) | 0* |
Washington | 16,361 | (346) | 5* |
Wicomico | 9,283 | (189) | 0* |
Worcester | 4,359 | (109) | 1* |
Data not available | 0 | (53) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
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Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
0-9 | 31,627 | (4) | 0* |
10-19 | 53,816 | (6) | 1* |
20-29 | 93,153 | (48) | 1* |
30-39 | 87,516 | (124) | 7* |
40-49 | 74,935 | (313) | 5* |
50-59 | 73,939 | (867) | 33* |
60-69 | 49,323 | (1,697) | 27* |
70-79 | 26,982 | (2,507) | 46* |
80+ | 16,726 | (4,347) | 104* |
Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
Female | 266,120 | (4,791) | 108* |
Male | 241,897 | (5,124) | 116* |
Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
African-American (NH) | 160,726 | (3,582) | 84* |
Asian (NH) | 12,407 | (335) | 11* |
White (NH) | 184,857 | (4,990) | 109* |
Hispanic | 74,306 | (850) | 19* |
Other (NH) | 23,597 | (110) | 1* |
Data not available | 52,124 | (48) | 0* |