COVID-19 Numbers: Nearly Half of County Residents Have Received First Vaccine Dose

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for April 22

Montgomery County health officials reported Thursday that 30.7% of the county residents are fully vaccinated which means they have either received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one dose of the Johnson and Johnson single-dose vaccine. Also, 48.4% of the county residents have received their first dose of one of the two-dose vaccines.

The Maryland Department of Health reported 98 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Thursday morning. This brings the county’s cumulative case count to 69,147.

Montgomery County recorded no new coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday. The death toll remains at 1,460 which is the highest in the state.

As of April 19, there are 99 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Montgomery County.

The county has a rolling seven-day average of 2.8% for positive COVID-19 tests, which is a decrease of 0.1 from Wednesday’s rate of 2.9%. The county’s positivity rate is the lowest in the state.

With 1,460 COVID-19 related fatalities, Montgomery County leads the state in fatalities but not in total cases. Prince George’s County has the most coronavirus cases in the state with 81,854 cases and 1,400 fatalities. Baltimore County has the third-highest number of cases (61,847) and the second most fatalities (1,408) in the state.

Somerset County located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore has the most cases per capita cases in the state with 98.5 cases per 1,000 residents. Allegany County in the western region of the state has the second-highest cases per capita at 95.9 cases per 1,000 residents.

Maryland COVID-19 Statistics for April 22

The Maryland Department of Health reported Thursday that 28.6% of Marylanders are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Of those vaccinated, 25.6% received two doses of either the Pizer or Moderna vaccines and 3% received the Johnson and Johnson single-dose vaccine.

Thursday the state recorded 1,203 new infections bringing the state’s cumulative case count to 439,992.

There are 1,235 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 across the state as of Thursday morning.

Thursday the state recorded 20 newly reported deaths, bringing the state death toll to 8,439.

The state reported a rolling seven-day average of 5.15% for positive COVID-19 tests Thursday. This is a decrease of 0.13 from Wednesday’s rate of 5.28%.

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