COVID-19 In Maryland: Over 1,000 New Cases Reported Three Days In A Row

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 1,373 caller COVID-19 cases and 7 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Friday 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.

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 accrued by 0.03 to 4.92%.

Hospitalizations decreased by 9 to 711. Of those hospitalized, 537 stay successful acute attraction and 183 stay successful the ICU.

Since the pandemic began, determination were 492,547 full confirmed cases and 9,748 deaths.

There are 3,699,456 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,489,007 doses. Of those, 3,789,551 are archetypal doses with 6,964 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,416,528 2nd doses, 6,197 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 282,928 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 442 successful the past day.

The authorities reported 80.5% 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 9,079 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Wednesday, August 25.

Of those cases, 733 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 5.6% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. 76 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 5% 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	7,572	(216)	1*
Anne Arundel	46,828	(666)	15*
Baltimore	69,433	(1,668)	41*
Baltimore City	55,676	(1,252)	26*
Calvert	4,609	(86)	1*
Caroline	2,493	(34)	0*
Carroll	10,046	(254)	6*
Cecil	7,022	(159)	2*
Charles	12,223	(219)	2*
Dorchester	3,224	(65)	1*
Frederick	21,335	(340)	10*
Garrett	2,217	(65)	1*
Harford	17,816	(302)	7*
Howard	20,443	(258)	7*
Kent	1,447	(49)	2*
Montgomery	75,362	(1,596)	51*
Prince George’s	91,085	(1,579)	43*
Queen Anne’s	3,226	(56)	1*
St. Mary’s	6,914	(136)	1*
Somerset	2,762	(43)	0*
Talbot	2,341	(47)	0*
Washington	15,670	(335)	4*
Wicomico	8,659	(183)	0*
Worcester	4,144	(107)	1*
Data not available	0	(33)	0*

By Age Range and Gender

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Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	29,554	(4)	0*
10-19	51,671	(6)	1*
20-29	90,633	(47)	1*
30-39	84,766	(118)	7*
40-49	72,944	(306)	5*
50-59	72,172	(839)	33*
60-69	48,044	(1,664)	27*
70-79	26,312	(2,470)	45*
80+	16,451	(4,291)	104*
Data not available	0	(3)	0*
Female	257,994	(4,714)	108*
Male	234,553	(5,034)	115*
Unknown Gender	0	(0)	0*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	155,593	(3,532)	84*
Asian (NH)	12,111	(331)	11*
White (NH)	177,463	(4,902)	108*
Hispanic	72,999	(846)	19*
Other (NH)	22,900	(108)	1*
Data not available	51,481	(29)	0*