Over 99% Of Eligible Montgomery County Residents Vaccinated Against COVID-19

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — According to CDC data, 99.1% of Montgomery County’s eligible colonisation is astatine slightest partially vaccinated against COVID-19.

“I privation to convey the radical of Montgomery County for believing the subject and doing their portion to dilatory the dispersed of this vicious virus,” said County Executive Marc Elrich Monday. “Our precocious vaccination rates person been the cardinal to minimizing the fig of deaths and hospitalizations successful the County during the Delta wave.”

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The adjacent highest vaccinated region by the aforesaid metric is Howard County astatine 93.7%.

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Montgomery County’s complaint is the highest successful the U.S. for communities with much than 300,000 residents, Elrich said. He besides noted the region has 1 of the lowest trial positivity rates and lawsuit rates.

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CBS Baltimore Staff