COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations Drop As 1.2K New Cases Added
ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — Maryland added 1,203 new coronavirus cases and 20 deaths Thursday. Over 4 million doses of the vaccines have been administered across the state.
Hospitalizations are dropped by 44 to 1,235. Of those, 300 people are in ICU beds and 935 are in acute care.
The state's positivity rate went down to 5.15%. The state conducted 36,411 coronavirus tests in the last day.
Since the pandemic began in the state there have been 439,992 confirmed COVID-19 cases. At this time, 8,439 Marylanders have died.
As of Thursday morning, there are 1,728,634 Marylanders fully vaccinated for the virus. The state has administered 4,144,379 doses so far. Of those, 2,415,745 are first doses, with 36,043 administered in the last day. They have administered 1,548,388 second doses, with 38,755 in the last day.
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The state administered a total of 176,161 single-dose vaccines before the Johnson & Johnson shot was paused last week.
On Thursday, the Baltimore Convention Center opened up no appointment necessary, walk-up lines, making it even easier to get your shot.
Up north, in Aberdeen, Harford County, the State's 12th mass vaccination site is up and running. For months, Harford County Executive, Barry Glassman, has been pushing the state to open the clinic in a county with a positivity rate inching closer to 7.5%.
"We're hoping that, by next week, that you'll be able to drive up and register right on site so that you don't even have to pre-register," said the County Executive.
On Thursday, Governor Larry hogan toured another major vaccination site in Frederick County where he touted the state as having the best mask compliance of any other. He also praised Maryland for having vaccinated more than 82% of all senior citizens.
"We're making incredible progress on our vaccines, all of our health metrics are looking great as a result," Governor Hogan said.
Here is a breakdown of the numbers:
By County
| County | Cases | Deaths | |
| Allegany | 6,752 | (205) | 1* |
| Anne Arundel | 41,743 | (575) | 14* |
| Baltimore City | 49,767 | (982) | 23* |
| Baltimore County | 61,847 | (1,408) | 35* |
| Calvert | 4,091 | (76) | 1* |
| Caroline | 2,237 | (24) | 0* |
| Carroll | 8,929 | (227) | 5* |
| Cecil | 5,892 | (126) | 2* |
| Charles | 10,359 | (183) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 2,634 | (49) | 1* |
| Frederick | 19,215 | (305) | 9* |
| Garrett | 1,956 | (61) | 1* |
| Harford | 15,754 | (264) | 4* |
| Howard | 18,556 | (225) | 6* |
| Kent | 1,290 | (43) | 2* |
| Montgomery | 69,147 | (1,460) | 46* |
| Prince George's | 81,864 | (1,400) | 29* |
| Queen Anne's | 2,863 | (42) | 1* |
| St. Mary's | 5,713 | (123) | 0* |
| Somerset | 2,523 | (37) | 0* |
| Talbot | 2,045 | (36) | 0* |
| Washington | 13,940 | (269) | 3* |
| Wicomico | 7,353 | (152) | 0* |
| Worcester | 3,522 | (96) | 1* |
| Data not available | 0 | (71) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 23,784 | (3) | 0* |
| 10-19 | 44,423 | (6) | 1* |
| 20-29 | 80,728 | (37) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 75,351 | (85) | 6* |
| 40-49 | 65,904 | (239) | 5* |
| 50-59 | 65,923 | (689) | 25* |
| 60-69 | 44,034 | (1,385) | 18* |
| 70-79 | 24,303 | (2,159) | 38* |
| 80+ | 15,542 | (3,834) | 92* |
| Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
| Female | 229,943 | (4,060) | 91* |
| Male | 210,049 | (4,379) | 95* |
| Unknown | 0 | () | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 133,597 | (2,935) | 67* |
| Asian (NH) | 10,601 | (295) | 7* |
| White (NH) | 155,028 | (4,298) | 97* |
| Hispanic | 67,341 | (760) | 15* |
| Other (NH) | 20,571 | (83) | 0* |
| Data not available | 52,854 | (68) | 0* |
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