COVID-19 Numbers Continue To Rise After Labor Day Holiday Weekend

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Summer is coming to an extremity and with it, hopes of getting covid nether control.

While covid cases proceed to ascent galore Labor Day travelers are returning location from their last travel of the summer.

Despite warnings from the CDC urging unvaccinated radical not to question up of the vacation weekend, much radical were connected the determination crossed the state compared to past year.

“People are similar yea it’s each unfastened it each free, and it’s devastating to me,” said 1 nurse.

Here successful Maryland implicit 1,000 caller COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths were reported Monday. The statewide positivity complaint remains conscionable beneath 5 percent.

Governor Larry Hogan touted the state’s vaccination efforts connected conscionable the property Sunday.

“I’m pleased with the results of wherever we are,” said Hogan. “We’ve vaccinated 81 percent of each the radical that are eligible.”

After the praise, Hogan highlighted the continued propulsion to get much shots successful arms.

“We’re inactive dealing with the unvaccinated folks, which number for astir of our hospitalizations and deaths,” said Hogan. “And immoderate of it has to bash with the information that there’s been tremendous disinformation campaigns.”

Despite warnings from the CDC, galore radical decided to instrumentality to their question plans implicit the vacation weekend. The TSA estimates astir 3.5 cardinal travelers passed done airports crossed the state connected Friday and Saturday unsocial – much than doubling past year’s number.

And doctors accidental that comes with risk.

“What we are acrophobic astir is that question could summation the positivity complaint successful our state,” said Dr. David Marcozzi, Chief Clinical Officer of the University of Maryland Medical System.

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Health officials are present keeping a adjacent oculus connected cardinal COVID-19 metrics successful the coming days arsenic Labor Day question comes to an end.