COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations & Positivity Rate Decline Saturday
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 62 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths Saturday as hospitalizations and the positivity rate declined.
More than 3.2 million Maryland adults are fully vaccinated. State officials also reported that the state positivity rate went down to 0.73%.
Hospitalizations went down by nine cases, now at 153 people hospitalized for the virus.
Since the pandemic began, there were 461,697 total confirmed cases and 9,490 deaths.
There are 3,249,663 Marylanders fully vaccinated. The state has administered 6,632,077 doses. Of those, 3,382,414 are first doses with 6,651 administered in the past 24 hours. They have given out 2,997,597 second doses, 12,316 in the last day.
The state began to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine again in April, after the CDC and FDA lifted their pause on the vaccine due to a rare blood clot found in some women.
A total of 252,084 Marylanders have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 739 in the last day.
The state reported 72.9% of all adults in Maryland have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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Here's a breakdown of the numbers:
By County
County | Cases | Deaths | |
Allegany | 7,043 | (211) | 1* |
Anne Arundel | 43,910 | (643) | 15* |
Baltimore | 65,853 | (1,630) | 41* |
Baltimore City | 53,048 | (1,217) | 25* |
Calvert | 4,234 | (84) | 1* |
Caroline | 2,350 | (30) | 0* |
Carroll | 9,519 | (247) | 6* |
Cecil | 6,322 | (150) | 2* |
Charles | 10,940 | (211) | 2* |
Dorchester | 2,847 | (64) | 1* |
Frederick | 19,820 | (331) | 10* |
Garrett | 2,043 | (64) | 1* |
Harford | 16,626 | (291) | 6* |
Howard | 19,288 | (247) | 7* |
Kent | 1,351 | (49) | 2* |
Montgomery | 71,081 | (1,569) | 51* |
Prince George's | 85,387 | (1,551) | 40* |
Queen Anne's | 3,003 | (50) | 1* |
St. Mary's | 6,048 | (132) | 0* |
Somerset | 2,618 | (40) | 0* |
Talbot | 2,180 | (44) | 0* |
Washington | 14,644 | (325) | 4* |
Wicomico | 7,711 | (173) | 0* |
Worcester | 3,683 | (105) | 1* |
Data not available | 0 | (23) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
0-9 | 26,099 | (3) | 0* |
10-19 | 47,619 | (6) | 1* |
20-29 | 84,592 | (42) | 1* |
30-39 | 79,072 | (104) | 6* |
40-49 | 68,734 | (286) | 5* |
50-59 | 68,675 | (802) | 32* |
60-69 | 45,725 | (1,609) | 25* |
70-79 | 25,103 | (2,411) | 43* |
80+ | 15,930 | (4,216) | 104* |
Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
Female | 241,446 | (4,588) | 105* |
Male | 220,103 | (4,893) | 112* |
Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
African-American (NH) | 143,670 | (3,429) | 80* |
Asian (NH) | 11,347 | (322) | 11* |
White (NH) | 163,223 | (4,776) | 106* |
Hispanic | 70,013 | (833) | 19* |
Other (NH) | 21,593 | (101) | 1* |
Data not available | 51,703 | (20) | 0* |
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