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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 805 caller COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Sunday morning.
The percent of radical investigating affirmative remains beneath the benchmark of 5 percent, presently sitting astatine 4.8 percent.
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New information from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows much than 20 percent of coronavirus cases reported past week were among children.
Cases successful kids person exploded since July, from astir 38,000 reported play to much than 200,000.
Almost 5 cardinal children person tested affirmative for COVID-19.
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.
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.
“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.
“Equally arsenic important arsenic getting a vaccine yourself is helping idiosyncratic you cognize to get a vaccine. The vaccines are precise safe, they are precise effective, they are wholly free, and they are wide disposable astir everywhere.”
More than 3.7 cardinal Maryland adults are afloat vaccinated.
Hospitalizations decreased by 11 to 809. Of those hospitalized, 623 stay successful acute attraction and 186 stay successful the ICU.
Since the pandemic began, determination were 503,034 full confirmed cases and 9,849 deaths.
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There are 3,761,613 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,605,031 doses. Of those, 3,843,418 are archetypal doses with 5,037 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,471,905 2nd doses, 5,659 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 289,708 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 911 successful the past day.
The authorities reported 81.5% 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 11,454 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Wednesday, September 1.
Of those cases, 883 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 6.5% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. 82 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 5.3% 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 | 7,830 | (217) | 1* |
| Anne Arundel | 47,853 | (674) | 15* |
| Baltimore | 70,501 | (1,679) | 41* |
| Baltimore City | 56,488 | (1,258) | 26* |
| Calvert | 4,747 | (89) | 1* |
| Caroline | 2,565 | (34) | 0* |
| Carroll | 10,315 | (257) | 6* |
| Cecil | 7,235 | (160) | 2* |
| Charles | 12,695 | (223) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 3,392 | (67) | 1* |
| Frederick | 21,800 | (341) | 10* |
| Garrett | 2,314 | (68) | 1* |
| Harford | 18,210 | (305) | 7* |
| Howard | 20,856 | (258) | 7* |
| Kent | 1,476 | (49) | 2* |
| Montgomery | 76,705 | (1,602) | 51* |
| Prince George’s | 92,712 | (1,588) | 43* |
| Queen Anne’s | 3,307 | (57) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 7,269 | (137) | 1* |
| Somerset | 2,825 | (44) | 0* |
| Talbot | 2,386 | (49) | 0* |
| Washington | 16,167 | (343) | 5* |
| Wicomico | 9,076 | (186) | 0* |
| Worcester | 4,310 | (108) | 1* |
| Data not available | 0 | (56) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 30,948 | (4) | 0* |
| 10-19 | 53,077 | (6) | 1* |
| 20-29 | 92,358 | (48) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 86,656 | (121) | 7* |
| 40-49 | 74,305 | (309) | 5* |
| 50-59 | 73,386 | (856) | 33* |
| 60-69 | 48,903 | (1,689) | 27* |
| 70-79 | 26,762 | (2,490) | 46* |
| 80+ | 16,639 | (4,323) | 104* |
| Data not available | 0 | (3) | 0* |
| Female | 263,525 | (4,765) | 108* |
| Male | 239,509 | (5,084) | 116* |
| Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 159,022 | (3,561) | 84* |
| Asian (NH) | 12,301 | (333) | 11* |
| White (NH) | 182,500 | (4,947) | 109* |
| Hispanic | 73,818 | (848) | 19* |
| Other (NH) | 23,375 | (109) | 1* |
| Data not available | 52,018 | (51) | 0* |
CBS Baltimore Staff
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