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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 1,078 caller COVID-19 cases and 10 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Tuesday 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.
“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. State officials besides reported that the authorities positivity accrued by 0.2 to 5.05%.
Hospitalizations accrued by 39 to 744. On Tuesday, of those hospitalized, 571 stay successful acute attraction and 173 stay successful the ICU.
Since the pandemic began, determination were 497,002 full confirmed cases and 9,791 deaths.
There are 3,725,033 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,538,719 doses. Of those, 3,813,686 are archetypal doses with 5,583 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,439,860 2nd doses, 5,252 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.
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A full of 285,173 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 1,035 successful the past day.
The authorities reported 80.9% 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
By County
| County | Cases | Deaths | |
| Allegany | 7,698 | (216) | 1* |
| Anne Arundel | 47,195 | (667) | 15* |
| Baltimore | 69,894 | (1,670) | 41* |
| Baltimore City | 56,032 | (1,253) | 26* |
| Calvert | 4,684 | (87) | 1* |
| Caroline | 2,522 | (34) | 0* |
| Carroll | 10,163 | (255) | 6* |
| Cecil | 7,124 | (159) | 2* |
| Charles | 12,445 | (220) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 3,290 | (66) | 1* |
| Frederick | 21,525 | (341) | 10* |
| Garrett | 2,255 | (65) | 1* |
| Harford | 17,970 | (302) | 7* |
| Howard | 20,637 | (258) | 7* |
| Kent | 1,458 | (49) | 2* |
| Montgomery | 76,018 | (1,598) | 51* |
| Prince George’s | 91,768 | (1,582) | 43* |
| Queen Anne’s | 3,256 | (57) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 7,052 | (136) | 1* |
| Somerset | 2,792 | (43) | 0* |
| Talbot | 2,356 | (48) | 0* |
| Washington | 15,844 | (337) | 4* |
| Wicomico | 8,826 | (185) | 0* |
| Worcester | 4,198 | (108) | 1* |
| Data not available | 0 | (55) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
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| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 30,125 | (4) | 0* |
| 10-19 | 52,285 | (6) | 1* |
| 20-29 | 91,370 | (48) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 85,547 | (119) | 7* |
| 40-49 | 73,522 | (309) | 5* |
| 50-59 | 72,663 | (845) | 33* |
| 60-69 | 48,441 | (1,676) | 27* |
| 70-79 | 26,508 | (2,479) | 45* |
| 80+ | 16,541 | (4,302) | 104* |
| Data not available | 0 | (3) | 0* |
| Female | 260,341 | (4,737) | 108* |
| Male | 236,661 | (5,054) | 115* |
| Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 157,085 | (3,540) | 84* |
| Asian (NH) | 12,195 | (331) | 11* |
| White (NH) | 179,539 | (4,912) | 108* |
| Hispanic | 73,322 | (847) | 19* |
| Other (NH) | 23,085 | (109) | 1* |
| Data not available | 51,776 | (52) | 0* |
CBS Baltimore Staff
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