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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 1,330 caller COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Thursday morning.
The percent of radical investigating affirmative decreased somewhat by .08% to 4.46%. It’s the 4th time successful a enactment that positivity decreased.
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 3.8 cardinal Maryland adults are afloat vaccinated.
Hospitalizations decreased by 15, to 804. Of those hospitalized, 593 stay successful acute attraction and 211 are successful the ICU.
Since the pandemic began, determination were 515, 259 full confirmed cases and 10,011 deaths. To grant the over 10,000 Marylanders mislaid to COVID-19 Thursday, Governor Larry Hogan directed authorities flags astatine fractional staff.
There are 3,823,325 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,755,678 doses. Of those, 3,891,558 are archetypal doses with 5,250 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,526,419 2nd doses, 6,106 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 296,906 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 393 successful the past day.
The authorities reported 82.4% 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 15,917 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Wednesday, Sept. 15.
Of those cases, 1,186 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 8.03% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. One 100 30 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 7.27% 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 | 8,334 | (222) | 2* |
| Anne Arundel | 48,966 | (692) | 15* |
| Baltimore | 71,744 | (1,704) | 42* |
| Baltimore City | 57,444 | (1,268) | 26* |
| Calvert | 4,881 | (90) | 1* |
| Caroline | 2,683 | (38) | 0* |
| Carroll | 10,558 | (264) | 6* |
| Cecil | 7,495 | (162) | 2* |
| Charles | 13,192 | (226) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 3,598 | (69) | 1* |
| Frederick | 22,374 | (347) | 10* |
| Garrett | 2,435 | (68) | 1* |
| Harford | 18,706 | (312) | 7* |
| Howard | 21,312 | (261) | 7* |
| Kent | 1,517 | (49) | 3* |
| Montgomery | 78,130 | (1,613) | 51* |
| Prince George’s | 94,535 | (1,607) | 43* |
| Queen Anne’s | 3,400 | (58) | 1* |
| St. Mary’s | 7,772 | (140) | 1* |
| Somerset | 2,965 | (46) | 0* |
| Talbot | 2,459 | (49) | 0* |
| Washington | 16,746 | (350) | 5* |
| Wicomico | 9,555 | (195) | 0* |
| Worcester | 4,458 | (110) | 1* |
| Data not available | 0 | (71) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
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| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 32,653 | (4) | 0* |
| 10-19 | 54,982 | (6) | 1* |
| 20-29 | 94,205 | (48) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 88,668 | (125) | 7* |
| 40-49 | 75,894 | (321) | 5* |
| 50-59 | 74,803 | (886) | 33* |
| 60-69 | 49,874 | (1,715) | 27* |
| 70-79 | 27,321 | (2,525) | 47* |
| 80+ | 16,859 | (4,379) | 106* |
| Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
| Female | 269,918 | (4,833) | 110* |
| Male | 245,341 | (5,178) | 117* |
| Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 162,890 | (3,601) | 84* |
| Asian (NH) | 12,530 | (335) | 11* |
| White (NH) | 188,571 | (5,044) | 112* |
| Hispanic | 74,913 | (855) | 19* |
| Other (NH) | 23,880 | (110) | 1* |
| Data not available | 52,475 | (66) | 0* |
CBS Baltimore Staff
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