COVID In Maryland: Over 1.5K New Cases, Positivity Rate Up
ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — Maryland adds 1,552 coronavirus cases and nine deaths as hospitalizations are down but the state's positivity rate is up Wednesday morning.
There are currently seven less people hospitalized since Tuesday, now at 1,236. Of those, 283 people are in ICU beds and 953 are in acute care.
The state's positivity rate moved up by .16% to 5.69%. The state conducted 29,641 coronavirus tests in the last day.
Since the pandemic began in the state there have been 430,351 confirmed COVID-19 cases. At this time, 8,307 Marylanders have died.
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As of Wednesday morning, there are 1,461,639 Marylanders fully vaccinated for the virus. They have administered 3,605,223 doses so far. Of those, 2,143,584 are first doses, with 37,827 administered in the last day. They have administered 1,285,478 second doses, with 33,751 in the last day.
The state administered 2,627 single-dose vaccines in the last day, a total of 176,161.
Here is a breakdown of the numbers:
By County
| County | Cases | Deaths | |
| Allegany | 6,652 | (204) | 1* |
| Anne Arundel | 40,740 | (566) | 14* |
| Baltimore City | 48,045 | (961) | 22* |
| Baltimore County | 59,751 | (1,380) | 35* |
| Calvert | 4,016 | (74) | 1* |
| Caroline | 2,191 | (22) | 0* |
| Carroll | 8,725 | (222) | 5* |
| Cecil | 5,669 | (126) | 2* |
| Charles | 10,150 | (179) | 2* |
| Dorchester | 2,566 | (49) | 1* |
| Frederick | 18,903 | (297) | 9* |
| Garrett | 1,926 | (61) | 1* |
| Harford | 15,225 | (260) | 4* |
| Howard | 18,156 | (224) | 6* |
| Kent | 1,265 | (43) | 2* |
| Montgomery | 68,377 | (1,447) | 46* |
| Prince George's | 80,598 | (1,386) | 29* |
| Queen Anne's | 2,805 | (40) | 1* |
| St. Mary's | 5,612 | (123) | 0* |
| Somerset | 2,506 | (37) | 0* |
| Talbot | 2,018 | (36) | 0* |
| Washington | 13,732 | (263) | 3* |
| Wicomico | 7,248 | (152) | 0* |
| Worcester | 3,475 | (93) | 1* |
| Data not available | 0 | (62) | 1* |
By Age Range and Gender
| Age/Gender | Cases | Deaths | |
| 0-9 | 22,833 | (3) | 0* |
| 10-19 | 43,006 | (6) | 1* |
| 20-29 | 78,970 | (35) | 1* |
| 30-39 | 73,714 | (82) | 6* |
| 40-49 | 64,568 | (234) | 5* |
| 50-59 | 64,579 | (659) | 25* |
| 60-69 | 43,270 | (1,357) | 18* |
| 70-79 | 23,997 | (2,126) | 38* |
| 80+ | 15,414 | (3,803) | 92* |
| Data not available | 0 | (2) | 0* |
| Female | 224,841 | (3,999) | 91* |
| Male | 205,510 | (4,308) | 95* |
| Unknown | 0 | () | 0* |
By Race and Ethnicity
| Race/Ethnicity | Cases | Deaths | |
| African-American (NH) | 129,287 | (2,885) | 66* |
| Asian (NH) | 10,362 | (291) | 7* |
| White (NH) | 151,286 | (4,240) | 97* |
| Hispanic | 66,422 | (749) | 15* |
| Other (NH) | 20,071 | (83) | 0* |
| Data not available | 52,923 | (59) | 1* |
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