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COVID In Maryland: Over 6,000 Marylanders Have Now Died From COVID-19 Since The Pandemic Began

January 7, 2021 / 10:19 AM EST / CBS Baltimore

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reports 2,970 new coronavirus cases as hospitalizations remain above 1,800 though they went down slightly Thursday morning.

Forty-four more Marylanders died in the last 24 hours, and now 6,004 Maryland residents have died with conditions related to the virus. There have now been 295,874 coronavirus cases in the state since the pandemic began.

There are now 1,834 people hospitalized in the state with the virus, with 427 in ICU beds and 1,407 in acute care. Throughout the pandemic, 27,900 people have been hospitalized, with 9,404 released from isolation.

The statewide positivity rate is down slightly by .13%, now at 9.31%. The state administered 39,644 coronavirus tests in the last 24 hours, with 9,368 of them coming back negative. Maryland has conducted over 5.9 million COVID-19 tests since the pandemic began.

CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES:

In the last 24 hours, 11,803 more first doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered, a total of 98,536 doses so far. Second doses have begun recently as well, with 732 second doses received in the last day- a total of 1,474 in the state so far.

At this time, 1.63% of the statewide population have been vaccinated with the first dose and .02% with the second dose.

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	5,625	(160)	0*
Anne Arundel	26,478	(372)	13*
Baltimore City	33,215	(716)	21*
Baltimore County	40,759	(952)	29*
Calvert	2,508	(46)	1*
Caroline	1,420	(11)	0*
Carroll	5,587	(172)	5*
Cecil	3,869	(78)	2*
Charles	6,471	(128)	1*
Dorchester	1,527	(24)	0*
Frederick	12,446	(196)	8*
Garrett	1,561	(52)	1*
Harford	9,195	(171)	4*
Howard	12,029	(177)	6*
Kent	811	(26)	2*
Montgomery	49,257	(1,119)	43*
Prince George's	57,771	(1,090)	27*
Queen Anne's	1,841	(27)	1*
Somerset	1,910	(22)	0*
St. Mary's	3,582	(92)	0*
Talbot	1,303	(10)	0*
Washington	9,261	(163)	2*
Wicomico	5,046	(88)	0*
Worcester	2,402	(50)	1*
Data not available	0	(62)	2*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	13,607	(1)	0*
10-19	27,006	(4)	1*
20-29	54,555	(27)	1*
30-39	51,831	(63)	6*
40-49	45,744	(179)	4*
50-59	44,523	(466)	21*
60-69	29,853	(932)	17*
70-79	17,102	(1,519)	30*
80+	11,653	(2,811)	89*
Data not available	0	(2)	0*
Female	155,226	(2,895)	82*
Male	140,648	(3,109)	87*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	84,808	(2,177)	60*
Asian (NH)	6,207	(196)	7*
White (NH)	97,724	(2,913)	86*
Hispanic	50,418	(587)	14*
Other (NH)	13,713	(62)	0*
Data not available	43,004	(69)	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	52,329	1.9%
Eastern Shore	10,584	2.31%
National Capital Region	21,563	0.9%
Southern Maryland	3,392	1.64%
Western Maryland	4,256	1.69%

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Vaccinations
0-9	0
10-19	405
20-29	13,512
30-39	21,081
40-49	19,846
50-59	20,972
60-69	15,380
70-79	4,293
80+	3,047
Age not available	0
Female	63,573
Male	34,741
Unknown Gender	222

By Race

Race	Vaccinations
African-American	14,261
Asian	8,036
White	60,233
American Indian or Alaska Native	395
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	210
Other Race	15,401

By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Vaccinations
Hispanic or Latino	3,744
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,100
Unknown	11,692

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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