As of Thursday, 65.4% of Marylanders age 18 and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday said Maryland will no longer require residents to wear masks while indoors once 70% of Maryland adults have received at least one dose.
A total of 2,467,163 Marylanders have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 2,929,115 first doses and 2,258,567 second doses.
In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 10,746 first doses and 33,049 second doses.
Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 208,596 people, including 1,353 doses that were reported in the past 24 hours.
Hogan on Wednesday also announced that effective Saturday the state will lift more coronavirus restrictions.
Restaurants and bars will be able to remove bars between booths, and they will no longer be required to have 6 feet between tables. Indoor and outdoor venues will be able to open to fully capacity. Baltimore’s cruise terminal will be allowed to reopen.
Marylanders ages 12-15 can now get vaccinated after a CDC advisory committee on Wednesday approved the Pfizer vaccine for that age group. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday also authorized emergency use of the vaccine for adolescents.
In Baltimore City, Mayor Brandon Scott on Wednesday announced that he will ease capacity restrictions at some establishments starting on May 17.
At least 454,745 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,403,737 have tested negative as of Thursday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
Maryland’s coronavirus caseload grew by 474, an increase of 0.1%.
The state has completed 10,015,044 coronavirus tests to date, with 28,760 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
An average of 2.66% of the state’s COVID-19 tests over the last seven days came back positive.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 2.89% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 2.48% for Marylanders older than 35.
There are currently 730 Marylanders hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 530 who are in acute care and 200 who are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients declined by 17 while the number of intensive care patients fell by 23, marking a net decrease of 40 fewer people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Wednesday.
Maryland has recorded a total of 42,422 coronavirus-related hospitalizations to date.
A total of 8,704 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, with 17 additional deaths reported since Wednesday. There are also 192 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, there have been 84,149 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 70,394 in Montgomery County; 64,807 in Baltimore County; 52,153 in Baltimore City; 43,301 in Anne Arundel County; 19,614 in Frederick County; 19,067 in Howard County; 16,349 in Harford County; 14,413 in Washington County; 10,698 in Charles County; 9,331 in Carroll County; 7,555 in Wicomico County; 6,911 in Allegany County; 6,202 in Cecil County; 5,951 in St. Mary’s County; 4,184 in Calvert County; 3,601 in Worcester County; 2,966 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,769 in Dorchester County; 2,567 in Somerset County; 2,294 in Caroline County; 2,125 in Talbot County; 2,009 in Garrett County; and 1,335 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has identified 237,772 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 216,973 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 140,182 are Black, 10,999 are Asian, 160,545 are white, 68,878 are Hispanic, 21,239 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 52,902.
Of the state’s confirmed cases, 25,345 are people age 9 or younger; 46,669 are people ages 10-19; 83,438 are people ages 20-29; 77,900 are people ages 30-39; 67,861 are people ages 40-49; 67,801 are people ages 50-59; 45,154 are people ages 60-69; 24,812 are people ages 70-79; and 15,765 are people age 80 or older.
Nationwide, there have been at least 32,815,785 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 583,690 deaths, as of 10 a.m. Thursday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
