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COVID In Maryland: More Than 3K New Cases, Hospitalizations Set Pandemic Record Of Over 1.8K

January 6, 2021 / 10:20 AM EST / CBS Baltimore

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reports 3,146 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as hospitalizations jumped up nearly 100 people to a total of 1,862 hospitalized, the highest since the pandemic began.

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Ninety-one more Marylanders are hospitalized Wednesday morning. Of those, 444 are in ICU beds and 1,418 are in acute care.

Forty-seven more people have died related to the virus in the last 24 hours.

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With 292,904 total coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and 5,960 total deaths from the virus, the daily numbers continue to rise this week.

Since the pandemic began, 27,711 people have been hospitalized and 9,391 have been released from isolation.

The statewide positivity rate went up by .25%, now at 9.44%. The state conducted 38,660 coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours, with over 5.9 million tests conducted throughout the pandemic so far.

The state continues to vaccinate its first phase in 1A, with 9,491 more first dose vaccines administered in the last 24 hours- a total of 86,733. That is 1.44% of the state's population.

Second doses are also beginning to roll out, with 742 second doses received- 416 in the last 24 hours. That is .01% of the statewide population.

Here's a breakdown of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Maryland (probable deaths are listed with an asterisk):

By County

County	Cases	Deaths
Allegany	5,556	(156)	0*
Anne Arundel	25,781	(362)	13*
Baltimore City	32,689	(704)	21*
Baltimore County	40,026	(933)	29*
Calvert	2,394	(46)	1*
Caroline	1,394	(11)	0*
Carroll	5,460	(169)	5*
Cecil	3,785	(77)	2*
Charles	6,328	(128)	1*
Dorchester	1,443	(24)	0*
Frederick	12,190	(192)	8*
Garrett	1,525	(50)	1*
Harford	9,005	(169)	4*
Howard	11,744	(176)	6*
Kent	792	(26)	2*
Montgomery	48,351	(1,104)	43*
Prince George's	56,813	(1,074)	27*
Queen Anne's	1,761	(27)	1*
Somerset	1,887	(22)	0*
St. Mary's	3,433	(89)	0*
Talbot	1,257	(9)	0*
Washington	8,879	(159)	2*
Wicomico	4,934	(84)	0*
Worcester	2,331	(49)	1*
Data not available	0	(73)	2*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	13,295	(1)	0*
10-19	26,358	(4)	1*
20-29	53,433	(27)	1*
30-39	50,844	(63)	6*
40-49	44,769	(177)	4*
50-59	43,613	(456)	20*
60-69	29,216	(919)	17*
70-79	16,746	(1,493)	31*
80+	11,484	(2,770)	89*
Data not available	0	(3)	0*
Female	152,013	(2,856)	82*
Male	137,745	(3,057)	87*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	83,434	(2,149)	60*
Asian (NH)	6,061	(191)	7*
White (NH)	95,050	(2,855)	86*
Hispanic	49,648	(576)	14*
Other (NH)	13,381	(62)	0*
Data not available	42,184	(80)	2*

Here is a breakdown of those vaccinated across the state in Phase 1A:

By Region

Region	Count of Vaccinated	Proportion of Population Vaccinated
Baltimore Metropolitan Area	46,612	1.69%
Eastern Shore	8,886	1.94%
National Capital Region	19,088	0.8%
Southern Maryland	3,100	1.5%
Western Maryland	3,457	1.38%

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Vaccinations
0-9	0
10-19	350
20-29	12,049
30-39	18,867
40-49	17,495
50-59	18,270
60-69	13,404
70-79	3,608
80+	2,690
Age not available	0
Female	56,207
Male	30,347
Unknown Gender	179

By Race

Race	Vaccinations
African-American	12,482
Asian	7,202
White	52,795
American Indian or Alaska Native	364
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	185
Other Race	13,705

By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Vaccinations
Hispanic or Latino	3,265
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,351
Unknown	10,117

For the latest information on coronavirus go to the Maryland Health Department's website or call 211. You can find all of WJZ's coverage on coronavirus in Maryland here.

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