Maryland on Monday began administering the coronavirus vaccine to people hospitalized with certain medical conditions under an expanded Phase 1C.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced the expansion on Jan. 26 in addition to other updates to the state’s vaccine distribution.
In addition to individuals eligible for vaccination under the original Phases 1A-1C, people currently hospitalized with the following medical conditions can also now receive the coronavirus vaccine:
- Cancer patients who are in active treatment
- End stage renal disease patients who require hemodialysis
- Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Solid organ transplant recipients
- Sickle cell disease patients
- Diabetic patients (Type 1 and Type 2)
Of the 544,369 vaccine doses that Maryland has administered to date, 455,910 have been first doses and 88,459 have been second doses.
In the past 24 hours, the state has given 7,411 first doses and 1,320 second doses.
Maryland has at least 308,256 doses that have been distributed to hospitals, pharmacies and other vaccination sites but have not yet been used to vaccinate eligible individuals as of Monday morning.
At least 355,636 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 2,848,563 have tested negative as of Monday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.
The state’s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 1,163, an increase of about 0.33 %.
Maryland has completed 7,038,562 coronavirus tests to date, with 25,408 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
Over the last seven days, an average of 5.61% of the state’s COVID-19 tests have come back positive.
The seven-day average rate of positive tests yesterday was 5.51% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 5.71% for Marylanders older than 35.
Maryland has hospitalized a total of 32,181 people with coronavirus to date.
Of the 1,437 patients who are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, 1,066 are in acute care and 371 are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients fell by 41 while the number of intensive care patients rose by seven, marking a net decrease of 34 fewer people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Sunday.
Maryland officials on Monday reported 27 new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the state’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 fatalities to 6,978. There are also 176 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.
As of 10 a.m. Monday, there have been 68,102 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 59,155 in Montgomery County; 47,502 in Baltimore County; 38,024 in Baltimore City; 33,044 in Anne Arundel County; 15,646 in Frederick County; 14,631 in Howard County; 11,471 in Washington County; 11,411 in Harford County; 8,060 in Charles County; 6,983 in Carroll County; 6,352 in Wicomico County; 6,205 in Allegany County; 4,767 in Cecil County; 4,611 in St. Mary’s County; 3,428 in Calvert County; 3,082 in Worcester County; 2,370 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,253 in Somerset County; 2,103 in Dorchester County; 1,899 in Caroline County; 1,798 in Garrett County; 1,691 in Talbot County; and 1,048 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 17,350 are people age 9 or younger; 33,456 are people ages 10-19; 64,671 are people ages 20-29; 61,509 are people ages 30-39; 54,327 are people ages 40-49; 53,696 are people ages 50-59; 36,248 are people ages 60-69; 20,617 are people ages 70-79; and 13,762 are people age 80 or older.
The state has identified 186,599 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 169,037 as male.
Of Maryland’s confirmed cases, 100,877 are Black, 58,181 are Hispanic, 121,621 are white, 7,803 are Asian, 16,705 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 50,449.
Nationwide, there have been at least 26,188,409 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 441,336 deaths. The U.S. has conducted more than 304.4 million coronavirus tests to date as of 10 a.m. Monday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
