COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations Slightly Increase Again, More Than 6.5M Vaccine Doses Administered
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 67 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths Tuesday and hospitalizations increased slightly for the second day in a row.
More than three million Marylanders are fully vaccinated. State officials also reported that the state positivity rate went down to 0.82%.
Hospitalizations went up by seven cases, now at 194 people hospitalized for the virus. Of those hospitalized, 140 are in acute care and 54 are in the ICU.
Since the pandemic began, there were 461,325 total confirmed cases and 9,472 deaths.
There are 3,179,456 Marylanders fully vaccinated. The state has administered 6,528,935 doses. Of those, 3,349,479 are first doses with 12,089 administered in the past 24 hours. They have given out 2,930,647 second doses, 22,760 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 248,809 Marylanders have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 1,649 in the last day.
The state reported 72.2% 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 | 7,037 | (211) | 1* |
| Anne Arundel | 43,898 | (643) | 15* |
| Baltimore | 65,830 | (1,626) | 41* |
| Baltimore City | 53,032 | (1,213) | 25* |
| Calvert | 4,234 | (84) | 1* |
| Caroline | 2,349 | (30) | 0* |
| Carroll | 9,512 | (247) | 6* |
| Cecil | 6,318 | (150) | 2* |
| Charles | 10,936 | (211) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 2,846 | (64) | 1* |
| Frederick | 19,814 | (331) | 10* |
| Garrett | 2,041 | (64) | 1* |
| Harford | 16,618 | (291) | 6* |
| Howard | 19,287 | (247) | 7* |
| Kent | 1,351 | (49) | 2* |
| Montgomery | 71,065 | (1,566) | 51* |
| Prince George's | 85,362 | (1,548) | 40* |
| Queen Anne's | 3,004 | (50) | 1* |
| St. Mary's | 6,039 | (131) | 0* |
| Somerset | 2,618 | (40) | 0* |
| Talbot | 2,177 | (44) | 0* |
| Washington | 14,636 | (325) | 4* |
| Wicomico | 7,709 | (173) | 0* |
| Worcester | 3,679 | (105) | 1* |
| Data not available | 0 | (29) | 0* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 26,088 | (3) | 0* |
| 10-19 | 47,595 | (6) | 1* |
| 20-29 | 84,567 | (42) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 79,048 | (104) | 6* |
| 40-49 | 68,716 | (285) | 5* |
| 50-59 | 68,648 | (801) | 32* |
| 60-69 | 45,709 | (1,608) | 25* |
| 70-79 | 25,095 | (2,409) | 43* |
| 80+ | 15,926 | (4,212) | 104* |
| Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
| Female | 241,369 | (4,583) | 105* |
| Male | 220,023 | (4,889) | 112* |
| Unknown Gender | 0 | (0) | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 143,569 | (3,419) | 80* |
| Asian (NH) | 11,343 | (322) | 11* |
| White (NH) | 163,120 | (4,772) | 106* |
| Hispanic | 69,964 | (832) | 19* |
| Other (NH) | 21,591 | (101) | 1* |
| Data not available | 51,805 | (26) | 1* |
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