COVID In Maryland: More Than 1.94M Fully Vaccinated, Hospitalizations Down Again

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- Hospitalizations went down again Thursday as the state's positivity rate remained below 4%.

Over 4.54 million vaccination doses have been administered across the state and more then 1.94 million Marylanders are fully vaccinated as of April 27.

On Wednesday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced he was lifting the outdoor mask mandates and outdoor dining restrictions, while encouraging more Marylanders to get vaccinated. Local jurisdictions however can still require masks outdoors.

Maryland added 966 new coronavirus cases Thursday and 9 more Marylanders have died from the virus.

Hospitalizations are down by 13 to 1,080. Of those, 267 people are in ICU beds and 813 are in acute care.

The state's positivity rate went down to 3.77%. The state conducted 38,844 coronavirus tests in the last day.

Since the pandemic began in the state there have been 446,459 confirmed COVID-19 cases. At this time, 8,530 Marylanders have died.

As of Wednesday morning, there are 1,941,541 Marylanders fully vaccinated for the virus. The state has administered 4,548,318 doses so far. Of those, 2,606,777 are first doses, with 24,676 administered in the last day. They have administered 1,758,310 second doses, with 33,092 in the last day.

The state began to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine again over the weekend, after the CDC and FDA lifted their pause on the vaccine due to a rare blood clot found in some women.

A total of 183,231 Marylanders have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 1,649 in the last day.

CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES:

Here's a breakdown of the numbers:

By County

County	Cases	Deaths
Allegany	6,816	(206)	1*
Anne Arundel	42,421	(578)	14*
Baltimore City	50,772	(999)	23*
Baltimore County	63,252	(1,430)	35*
Calvert	4,139	(77)	1*
Caroline	2,258	(25)	0*
Carroll	9,081	(228)	5*
Cecil	6,005	(127)	2*
Charles	10,498	(188)	2*
Dorchester	2,693	(50)	1*
Frederick	19,411	(311)	9*
Garrett	1,976	(62)	1*
Harford	16,036	(266)	4*
Howard	18,815	(227)	6*
Kent	1,305	(43)	2*
Montgomery	69,735	(1,476)	46*
Prince George's	82,809	(1,419)	31*
Queen Anne's	2,914	(43)	1*
St. Mary's	5,815	(123)	0*
Somerset	2,536	(37)	0*
Talbot	2,064	(36)	0*
Washington	14,131	(269)	3*
Wicomico	7,424	(152)	0*
Worcester	3,553	(96)	1*
Data not available	0	(62)	0*

By Age Range and Gender

Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	24,484	(3)	0*
10-19	45,402	(6)	1*
20-29	81,957	(40)	1*
30-39	76,430	(86)	6*
40-49	66,775	(246)	5*
50-59	66,751	(699)	27*
60-69	44,532	(1,407)	18*
70-79	24,504	(2,179)	38*
80+	15,624	(3,862)	92*
Data not available	0	(2)	0*
Female	233,388	(4,111)	92*
Male	213,071	(4,419)	96*
Unknown	0	()	0*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	136,394	(2,990)	68*
Asian (NH)	10,794	(297)	8*
White (NH)	157,481	(4,326)	97*
Hispanic	68,005	(775)	15*
Other (NH)	20,852	(83)	0*
Data not available	52,933	(59)	0*

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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