CDC: Coronavirus Delta Variant Contagious As Chickenpox; Maryland Daily Cases 6 Times Higher Than 6 Weeks Ago

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported much than 500 caller COVID—19 infections for 2 days successful a row. The fig of regular caller cases is six times greater than what it was six weeks ago.

Hospitalizations accrued by seven. There are present 222 radical presently hospitalized with COVID-19, with 164 successful acute attraction and 58 successful the ICU.

526 caller #COVID19 cases reported successful Maryland. Positivity complaint present 2.73%. No caller deaths. @wjz pic.twitter.com/uWCb2gSoRW

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 30, 2021

Newly released interior documents from the Centers for Disease Control uncover the Delta variant is not lone overmuch much contagious than each different strains, but besides it tin beryllium conscionable arsenic easy dispersed by the vaccinated arsenic the unvaccinated, leaving some with akin viral loads successful their chemoreceptor and throat. It pb to the agency’s revised disguise guidance that radical successful areas of precocious transmission should deterioration masks indoors successful nationalist places.

“It’s much, overmuch much contagious than the communal cold. It’s astir arsenic contagious arsenic chickenpox,” said Dr. Jonathan Reiner of George Washington University Hospital.

CDC says "pivotal discovery" astir delta variant prompted caller disguise guidance and urges cosmopolitan masking successful immoderate places https://t.co/UIs2D5XXb6

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 30, 2021

You tin work the CDC’s caller probe here.

Here is the Johns Hopkins regular COVID—19 lawsuit update:

The magnitude of microorganism successful the Delta variant is 1,000 times greater than the archetypal version.

An outbreak successful Provincetown, Massachusetts implicit the Fourth of July play provided caller penetration into however susceptible adjacent the vaccinated tin be. It has been linked to much than 900 cases. 74% of those who caught the microorganism determination were afloat vaccinated.

Here is sum of that outbreak from CBS Boston

“We are seeing that the quality of individuals who are infected by breakthrough infections—mainly vaccinated radical who yet get infected—that they are mostly without symptoms oregon minimally symptomatic,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci Friday. “However, it is wide that they are susceptible of transmitting the corruption to uninfected individuals. And the information that [the CDC] reported, indicates that if you look astatine the level of microorganism successful the nasal pharynx of a idiosyncratic who’s vaccinated and has a breakthrough infection—and comparison that to the level of microorganism successful the nasal pharynx of an unvaccinated idiosyncratic who is infected—they’re fundamentally equivalent. That would spell on and underscore the information that vaccinated radical who bash person a breakthrough corruption are intelligibly susceptible of transmitting the corruption to an uninfected person.”

In Maryland, Cecil, St Mary’s, Talbot and Wicomico Counties present person positivity rates supra 5%.

Health officials noted the vaccine remains an effectual defence against superior unwellness and inactive prevents astir radical from contracting COVID—19.

Another 12,171 Marylanders were vaccinated successful the past 24 hours. That includes much than 7,000 caller archetypal doses. Those numbers are somewhat supra Thursday’s vaccination rate.

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Still, successful immoderate Baltimore City neighborhoods, lone 3 successful 10 radical person gotten the shot. This week, Mayor Brandon Scott railed against misinformation astir vaccines.

“[People who are] driving a wedge saying that the vaccine and the pandemic are made up are being truthful irresponsible, and they person to person psyche searching successful my opinion,” Mayor Scott said.

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Here are the latest numbers successful Maryland:

By County

County	Cases	Deaths
Allegany	7,097	(211)	1*
Anne Arundel	44,530	(654)	15*
Baltimore	66,562	(1,650)	41*
Baltimore City	53,580	(1,240)	25*
Calvert	4,305	(85)	1*
Caroline	2,373	(30)	0*
Carroll	9,613	(250)	6*
Cecil	6,485	(156)	2*
Charles	11,146	(215)	2*
Dorchester	2,874	(64)	1*
Frederick	20,032	(335)	10*
Garrett	2,069	(65)	1*
Harford	16,853	(298)	6*
Howard	19,577	(252)	7*
Kent	1,366	(49)	2*
Montgomery	71,991	(1,582)	51*
Prince George’s	86,572	(1,562)	41*
Queen Anne’s	3,036	(51)	1*
St. Mary’s	6,182	(132)	0*
Somerset	2,638	(42)	0*
Talbot	2,208	(45)	0*
Washington	14,765	(330)	4*
Wicomico	7,839	(174)	0*
Worcester	3,742	(105)	1*
Data not available	0	(22)	1*

By Age Range and Gender

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Age/Gender	Cases	Deaths
0-9	26,693	(4)	0*
10-19	48,394	(6)	1*
20-29	85,819	(44)	1*
30-39	80,149	(110)	6*
40-49	69,546	(292)	5*
50-59	69,344	(816)	32*
60-69	46,151	(1,639)	26*
70-79	25,314	(2,430)	44*
80+	16,025	(4,255)	104*
Data not available	0	(3)	0*
Female	244,488	(4,648)	106*
Male	222,947	(4,951)	113*
Unknown Gender	0	(0)	0*

By Race and Ethnicity

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Deaths
African-American (NH)	146,233	(3,482)	81*
Asian (NH)	11,572	(329)	11*
White (NH)	165,915	(4,826)	106*
Hispanic	70,966	(838)	19*
Other (NH)	21,846	(105)	1*
Data not available	50,903	(19)	1*