COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 1K New Cases & 9 Deaths Reported Saturday

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland reported 1,017 caller COVID-19 cases and 9 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Saturday morning.

The percent of radical investigating affirmative accrued by .08% to 3.51%.

Hospitalizations accrued by 2 to 556. Of those hospitalized, 418 adults are successful acute attraction and 133 adults are successful intensive care. Two children are successful acute attraction and 1 is successful intensive care.

Doctors accidental the caller cases are fueled by unsafe strains targeting the unvaccinated. In 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.

Since the pandemic began, determination person been 577,013 full confirmed cases and 10,878 deaths.

There are 4,056,511 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 9,105,357 doses. Of those, 4,219,679 are archetypal doses with 9,799 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,738,727 2nd doses, 3,268 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.”

Governor Hogan besides announced earlier this period that 99% of Maryland seniors are present vaccinated and much than 50,000 children ages 5-11 years aged person received a vaccination shot.

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 317,784 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 392 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 829,167 further oregon booster vaccine doses, 26,180 successful the past day.

The authorities reported 87.9% 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 34,450 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of Nov. 14.

Less than 0.93% of afloat vaccinated Marylanders person aboriginal tested positive.

Of those cases, 2,471 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 13.02% of each COVID cases hospitalized successful the state. 357 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 14.17% 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	10,245	(259)	2*
Anne Arundel	54,537	(771)	15*
Baltimore	78,897	(1,842)	42*
Baltimore City	63,235	(1,341)	28*
Calvert	5,898	(100)	1*
Caroline	3,369	(52)	0*
Carroll	12,409	(288)	7*
Cecil	9,214	(185)	2*
Charles	14,781	(265)	2*
Dorchester	4,317	(84)	1*
Frederick	25,223	(379)	10*
Garrett	3,613	(85)	1*
Harford	21,576	(355)	8*
Howard	23,253	(276)	7*
Kent	1,836	(53)	3*
Montgomery	84,110	(1,678)	52*
Prince George’s	101,218	(1,700)	43*
Queen Anne’s	4,080	(73)	1*
St. Mary’s	10,286	(171)	1*
Somerset	3,425	(54)	0*
Talbot	3,018	(56)	0*
Washington	20,840	(414)	6*
Wicomico	11,467	(230)	0*
Worcester	5,149	(124)	1*
Data not available	0	(34)	0*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	41,458	(4)	0*
10-19	64,484	(8)	1*
20-29	102,331	(55)	1*
30-39	98,537	(148)	7*
40-49	83,409	(378)	5*
50-59	81,933	(1,012)	35*
60-69	55,242	(1,876)	29*
70-79	30,343	(2,733)	47*
80+	18,259	(4,653)	108*
Data not available	0	(2)	0*
Female	301,655	(5,212)	113*
Male	274,341	(5,657)	120*
Unknown Gender	0	(0)	0*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	179,562	(3,854)	86*
Asian (NH)	14,048	(352)	11*
White (NH)	223,163	(5,627)	116*
Hispanic	80,217	(889)	19*
Other (NH)	26,475	(118)	1*
Data not available	52,531	(29)	0*