COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 1K New Cases But No Deaths Reported Sunday

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- Maryland reported 1,036 new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths, according to state health department data released Sunday morning.

The percentage of people testing positive increased slightly by .011% to 4.34%. It's the first time in six days that the positivity rate increased.

Doctors say the new cases are fueled by dangerous strains targeting the unvaccinated. During an August press conference, Gov. Larry Hogan said the Delta variant, a strain that is reportedly two to four times more contagious than the original virus strain, accounts for nearly every new confirmed case in Maryland.

"The vaccines are without a doubt our single most effective tool to mitigate the threat of COVID-19 and the surging Delta variant, and Maryland's vaccination rate continues to outpace the nation," Hogan said.

More than 3.8 million Maryland adults are fully vaccinated.

Hospitalizations increased by 19, to 807. Of those hospitalized, 599 remain in acute care and 208 are in the ICU.

Since the pandemic began, there were 519,097 total confirmed cases and 10,035 deaths.

There are 3,840,482 Marylanders fully vaccinated. The state has administered 7,790,403 doses. Of those, 3,905,156 are first doses with 4,059 administered in the past 24 hours. They have given out 3,542,758 second doses, 5,166 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 297,724 Marylanders have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 186 in the last day.

The state reported 82.8% of all adults in Maryland have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

In August, the state launched a post-vaccination infections dashboard that is updated every Wednesday. There have been 15,917 total cases among fully vaccinated Marylanders as of last Wednesday, Sept. 15.

Of those cases, 1,186 vaccinated Marylanders were hospitalized, representing 8.03% of all Covid cases hospitalized in the state. One hundred thirty fully vaccinated Marylanders have died, representing 7.27% of lab-confirmed Covid deaths in the state.

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