COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 900 New Cases & 20 Deaths Reported Saturday As Hospitalizations Drop Below 500

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland reported 983 caller COVID-19 cases and 20 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Saturday morning.

The percent of radical investigating affirmative decreased somewhat by .03% to 3.23%.

Hospitalizations decreased by eleven to 498. Of those hospitalized, 364 adults are successful acute attraction and 131 adults are successful intensive care. One kid is successful acute attraction and 2 are 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 570,806 full confirmed cases and 10,818 deaths.

There are 4,029,618 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 8,842,514 doses. Of those, 4,145,240 are archetypal doses with 9,809 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,714,589 2nd doses, 2,819 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 315,029 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 318 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 667,656 further oregon booster vaccine doses, 54,296 successful the past day.

The authorities reported 87.1% 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 32,500 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of Nov. 7.

Less than 0.89% of afloat vaccinated Marylanders person aboriginal tested positive.

Of those cases, 2,348 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 12.61% of each COVID cases hospitalized successful the state. 332 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 13.56% 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	10,078	(257)	2*
Anne Arundel	54,022	(763)	15*
Baltimore	78,143	(1,827)	42*
Baltimore City	62,697	(1,335)	28*
Calvert	5,850	(100)	1*
Caroline	3,326	(52)	0*
Carroll	12,194	(287)	7*
Cecil	9,093	(183)	2*
Charles	14,715	(262)	2*
Dorchester	4,250	(83)	1*
Frederick	24,919	(376)	10*
Garrett	3,508	(82)	1*
Harford	21,318	(353)	8*
Howard	23,037	(273)	7*
Kent	1,808	(53)	3*
Montgomery	83,548	(1,674)	51*
Prince George’s	100,763	(1,692)	43*
Queen Anne’s	4,015	(72)	1*
St. Mary’s	10,179	(168)	1*
Somerset	3,405	(54)	0*
Talbot	2,969	(55)	0*
Washington	20,498	(412)	6*
Wicomico	11,355	(227)	0*
Worcester	5,116	(123)	1*
Data not available	0	(55)	0*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	40,699	(4)	0*
10-19	63,731	(8)	1*
20-29	101,648	(55)	1*
30-39	97,663	(147)	7*
40-49	82,757	(379)	5*
50-59	81,285	(1,008)	34*
60-69	54,773	(1,862)	29*
70-79	30,091	(2,723)	47*
80+	18,159	(4,630)	108*
Data not available	0	(2)	0*
Female	298,935	(5,185)	113*
Male	271,871	(5,633)	119*
Unknown Gender	0	(0)	0*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	178,220	(3,832)	86*
Asian (NH)	13,892	(350)	11*
White (NH)	220,145	(5,582)	115*
Hispanic	79,772	(886)	19*
Other (NH)	26,243	(119)	1*
Data not available	52,534	(49)	0*