ANNAPOLIS Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 1,012 caller COVID-19 cases and 8 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Wednesday morning.
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.
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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 roseate to 4.83%.
Hospitalizations accrued by 19 to 630. Of those hospitalized, 461 stay successful acute attraction and 150 stay successful the ICU arsenic of Tuesday.
Since the pandemic began, determination were 482,581 full confirmed cases and 9,686 deaths.
There are 3,645,626 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,367,697 doses. Of those, 3,734,382 are archetypal doses with 6,312 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,366,127 2nd doses, 5,640 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 279,499 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 359 successful the past day.
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The authorities reported 79.3% 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 7,033 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Wednesday, August 18.
Of those cases, 627 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 5% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. 71 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 4.6% 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 | 7,291 | (214) | 1* |
Anne Arundel | 45,777 | (657) | 15* |
Baltimore | 68,177 | (1,660) | 41* |
Baltimore City | 54,849 | (1,246) | 25* |
Calvert | 4,476 | (85) | 1* |
Caroline | 2,435 | (31) | 0* |
Carroll | 9,809 | (253) | 6* |
Cecil | 6,779 | (159) | 2* |
Charles | 11,767 | (216) | 2* |
Dorchester | 3,068 | (64) | 1* |
Frederick | 20,743 | (338) | 10* |
Garrett | 2,126 | (65) | 1* |
Harford | 17,390 | (299) | 6* |
Howard | 20,047 | (256) | 7* |
Kent | 1,414 | (49) | 2* |
Montgomery | 73,960 | (1,589) | 51* |
Prince George’s | 89,275 | (1,572) | 42* |
Queen Anne’s | 3,142 | (54) | 1* |
St. Mary’s | 6,563 | (135) | 1* |
Somerset | 2,718 | (42) | 0* |
Talbot | 2,284 | (46) | 0* |
Washington | 15,184 | (333) | 4* |
Wicomico | 8,343 | (181) | 0* |
Worcester | 3,952 | (105) | 1* |
Data not available | 0 | (29) | 1* |
By Age Range and Gender
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Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
0-9 | 28,297 | (4) | 0* |
10-19 | 50,280 | (6) | 1* |
20-29 | 88,622 | (45) | 1* |
30-39 | 82,833 | (118) | 6* |
40-49 | 71,470 | (295) | 5* |
50-59 | 70,863 | (825) | 33* |
60-69 | 47,144 | (1,653) | 27* |
70-79 | 25,831 | (2,455) | 44* |
80+ | 16,229 | (4,275) | 104* |
Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
Female | 252,097 | (4,682) | 107* |
Male | 229,472 | (4,996) | 114* |
Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
African-American (NH) | 151,866 | (3,508) | 82* |
Asian (NH) | 11,909 | (329) | 11* |
White (NH) | 172,195 | (4,868) | 107* |
Hispanic | 72,192 | (842) | 19* |
Other (NH) | 22,432 | (106) | 1* |
Data not available | 50,975 | (25) | 1* |