At least 70% of Marylanders age 18 or older have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
Hogan on May 12 set a goal of reaching that 70% mark before lifting Maryland’s mask mandate, but he reversed course days later after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided new guidance for vaccinated individuals.
The 70% goal has remained a benchmark nationwide, as President Joe Biden has sought to have at least 70% of Americans get vaccinated by July 4.
In Baltimore City, 55% of adults have received at least one vaccine dose.
At least 459,995 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,488,255 have tested negative as of Tuesday 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 101, an increase of about 0.02%.
A total of 2,915,505 Marylanders have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state data showed on Tuesday.
Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 3,228,670 first doses and 2,679,314 second doses.
In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 4,208 first doses and 4,613 second doses.
Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 236,191 people, including 592 doses that were reported in the past 24 hours.
State officials on Tuesday reported two more coronavirus-related deaths, raising Maryland’s total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 9,404.
Maryland has completed 10,418,722 coronavirus tests to date, with 7,304 test results reported in the past 24 hours.
An average of 1.42% 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 1.61% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 1.28% for Marylanders older than 35.
Of the 336 Marylanders currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 253 are in acute care and 83 are in intensive care.
The number of acute care patients rose by seven while the number of intensive care patients declined by four, marking a net increase of three more people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Monday.
Maryland has recorded a total of 43,303 coronavirus-related hospitalizations to date.
As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, there have been 85,079 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 70,930 in Montgomery County; 65,643 in Baltimore County; 52,865 in Baltimore City; 43,787 in Anne Arundel County; 19,773 in Frederick County; 19,217 in Howard County; 16,565 in Harford County; 14,587 in Washington County; 10,865 in Charles County; 9,479 in Carroll County; 7,685 in Wicomico County; 7,008 in Allegany County; 6,301 in Cecil County; 6,026 in St. Mary’s County; 4,218 in Calvert County; 3,647 in Worcester County; 2,997 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,828 in Dorchester County; 2,613 in Somerset County; 2,341 in Caroline County; 2,159 in Talbot County; 2,034 in Garrett County; and 1,348 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.
Maryland has confirmed 25,942 cases in people age 9 or younger; 47,433 in people ages 10-19; 84,336 in people ages 20-29; 78,801 in people ages 30-39; 68,550 in people ages 40-49; 68,448 in people ages 50-59; 45,570 in people ages 60-69; 25,036 in people ages 70-79; and 15,879 in people age 80 or older.
The state has identified 240,639 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 219,356 as male.
Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 142,804 are Black, 11,115 are Asian, 162,570 are white, 69,619 are Hispanic, 21,463 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 52,424.
Nationwide, there have been at least 33,264,650 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 594,568 deaths. The U.S. has administered 294,702,902 coronavirus vaccine doses to date as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a real-time dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
