COVID-19 In Maryland: Over 200 In ICU Beds, 21 Deaths In Last 24 Hours

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September 8, 2021 astatine 10:15 am

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 701 caller COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Wednesday morning.

The percent of radical investigating affirmative accrued by 0.03, presently sitting astatine 4.68%.

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.

“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.

More than 3.7 cardinal Maryland adults are afloat vaccinated.

Hospitalizations remained astatine 817. Of those hospitalized, 606 stay successful acute attraction and 211 stay successful the ICU.

Since the pandemic began, determination were 505,557 full confirmed cases and 9,891 deaths.

There are 3,771,972 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,623,715 doses. Of those, 3,851,743 are archetypal doses with 2,987 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,481,808 2nd doses, 3,908 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 290,164 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 252 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	7,964	(217)	1*
Anne Arundel	48,080	(678)	15*
Baltimore	70,752	(1,684)	41*
Baltimore City	56,669	(1,260)	26*
Calvert	4,762	(89)	1*
Caroline	2,586	(35)	0*
Carroll	10,362	(260)	6*
Cecil	7,299	(160)	2*
Charles	12,804	(223)	2*
Dorchester	3,427	(67)	1*
Frederick	21,900	(341)	10*
Garrett	2,341	(68)	1*
Harford	18,336	(306)	7*
Howard	20,954	(258)	7*
Kent	1,481	(49)	2*
Montgomery	77,026	(1,605)	51*
Prince George’s	93,117	(1,594)	43*
Queen Anne’s	3,329	(58)	1*
St. Mary’s	7,392	(137)	1*
Somerset	2,839	(44)	0*
Talbot	2,396	(49)	0*
Washington	16,216	(345)	5*
Wicomico	9,185	(187)	0*
Worcester	4,340	(109)	1*
Data not available	0	(68)	0*

By Age Range and Gender

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Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	31,291	(4)	0*
10-19	53,429	(6)	1*
20-29	92,792	(48)	1*
30-39	87,100	(124)	7*
40-49	74,643	(309)	5*
50-59	73,639	(862)	33*
60-69	49,115	(1,693)	27*
70-79	26,871	(2,502)	46*
80+	16,677	(4,340)	104*
Data not available	0	(3)	0*
Female	264,874	(4,780)	108*
Male	240,683	(5,111)	116*
Unknown Gender	0	(0)	0*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	159,871	(3,569)	84*
Asian (NH)	12,365	(335)	11*
White (NH)	183,694	(4,966)	109*
Hispanic	74,050	(849)	19*
Other (NH)	23,500	(109)	1*
Data not available	52,077	(63)	0*