COVID-19 In Maryland: State Positivity Rises To 4.65%

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 766 caller COVID-19 cases and 5 caller deaths, according to authorities wellness section information released Monday 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 roseate to 4.65%.

Hospitalizations accrued by 30 to 576. Of those hospitalized, 413 stay successful acute attraction and 133 stay successful the ICU arsenic of Sunday.

Since the pandemic began, determination were 480,718 full confirmed cases and 9,675 deaths.

There are 3,631,047 Marylanders afloat vaccinated. The authorities has administered 7,357,191. Of those, 3,722,670 are archetypal doses with 3,664 administered successful the past 24 hours. They person fixed retired 3,355,758 2nd doses, 3,336 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 278,763 Marylanders person received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 138 successful the past day.

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 5,139 full cases among afloat vaccinated Marylanders arsenic of past Wednesday, August 11.

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Of those cases, 519 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 4.3% of each Covid cases hospitalized successful the state. 61 afloat vaccinated Marylanders person died, representing 4% of lab-confirmed Covid deaths successful the state.