Maryland breaks single-day record for number of vaccines given

Hannah Himes, The Frederick News-Post, Md.
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Mar. 7—Maryland has broken its single-day record for number of COVID-19 vaccines given after 50,484 doses were administered between Friday and Saturday.

The state is in phase 1C, with 987,702 first vaccine doses and 545,562 second doses received.

In Frederick County, 17.2 percent of the population has received the first dose and 10 percent have received the second dose.

As for COVID-19 cases, the state reported 932 cases Saturday, bringing the total to 386,610. Eleven additional deaths were also confirmed. The death toll is now 7,759.

In the county, 25 cases were confirmed between Friday and Saturday. The total number of cases is 17,166, and the death toll remains at 272.

The county positivity rate is 3.9 percent and the state positivity rate is 3.35 percent, a slight increase from Friday.

Hospitalizations statewide are down by 19, with 830 people still hospitalized with COVID-19 and 230 of those in intensive care. At Frederick Health Hospital, 31 people had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday and three of those were in intensive care.

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