This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the exterior structure of the coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Image courtesy of CDC.

A total of 1,391,323 Marylanders, or about 23% of the state’s population, have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday morning.

Of the two-dose vaccines, Maryland has administered a total of 2,084,151 first doses and 1,226,461 second doses.

In the past 24 hours, providers have administered 10,620 first doses and 15,916 second doses.

Maryland providers have also administered single-dose vaccines to a total of 164,862 people, including 14,659 doses that were administered in the past 24 hours.

On Friday, the mass vaccination site at M&T Bank Stadium began offering 200 walk-up vaccinations every day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except for on Orioles day game dates.

As of Sunday, Marylanders from across the state — not just Baltimore County — can make a vaccine appointment at the mass vaccination site at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

At least 427,715 Marylanders have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,236,949 have tested negative as of Monday morning, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s COVID-19 Case Map Dashboard.

Maryland’s coronavirus caseload grew by 985, an increase of 0.23%. Before Monday, the state saw six consecutive days of more than 1,000 newly reported cases per day.

A total of 8,284 Marylanders have died from COVID-19, including 15 additional deaths reported since Sunday. There are also 186 deaths suspected to be related to coronavirus.

The state has completed 9,140,450 coronavirus tests to date, with 15,686 test results reported in the past 24 hours.

On average, 5.6% 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 6.01% for Marylanders younger than 35 and 5.28% for Marylanders older than 35.

The number of Marylanders currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 decreased slightly on Monday, with seven fewer people hospitalized with coronavirus compared to Sunday.

Of the 1,233 COVID-19 patients who are currently hospitalized in Maryland, 958 are in acute care and 275 are in intensive care.

The number of acute care patients declined by three while the number of intensive care patients declined by four from Sunday’s numbers.

To date, a total of 39,352 Marylanders have been hospitalized due to coronavirus.

As of 10 a.m. Monday, there have been 80,109 confirmed cases in Prince George’s County; 68,042 in Montgomery County; 58,992 in Baltimore County; 47,368 in Baltimore City; 40,427 in Anne Arundel County; 18,742 in Frederick County; 17,933 in Howard County; 15,044 in Harford County; 13,661 in Washington County; 10,079 in Charles County; 8,655 in Carroll County; 7,212 in Wicomico County; 6,632 in Allegany County; 5,613 in Cecil County; 5,564 in St. Mary’s County; 3,994 in Calvert County; 3,460 in Worcester County; 2,788 in Queen Anne’s County; 2,553 in Dorchester County; 2,496 in Somerset County; 2,181 in Caroline County; 2,004 in Talbot County; 1,923 in Garrett County; and 1,258 in Kent County, according to the dashboard.

Of Maryland’s confirmed cases, 22,594 are people age 9 or younger; 42,624 are people ages 10-19; 78,423 are people ages 20-29; 73,291 are people ages 30-39; 64,205 are people ages 40-49; 64,207 are people ages 50-59; 43,057 are people ages 60-69; 23,914 are people ages 70-79; and 15,400 are people age 80 or older.

Maryland has identified 223,428 of the confirmed COVID-19 patients as female and 204,287 as male.

Of the Marylanders who have tested positive for COVID-19, 128,250 are Black, 10,304 are Asian, 150,433 are white, 66,191 are Hispanic, 19,987 are another race, and data is not available for the remaining 52,550.

Nationwide, there have been at least 31,198,546 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, including at least 562,067 deaths. The U.S. has conducted more than 407.9 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.

Marcus Dieterle is the managing editor of Baltimore Fishbowl. He returned to Baltimore in 2020 after working as the deputy editor of the Cecil Whig newspaper in Elkton, Md. He can be reached at marcus@baltimorefishbowl.com...