At least 4,500 more Anne Arundel County residents vaccinated

At least 4,500 more Anne Arundel County residents received the coronavirus vaccine Thursday, bringing the total number of people with at least one dose to 122,355 and the total number of residents with two doses to 72,069 — about 12.4% of the population.

Friday, Anne Arundel County continued vaccinating groups in Phase 1C, which currently includes all residents age 65 and older, residents and employees of group living facilities, workers needed to keep the government functioning, teachers and childcare workers.

Vaccinations for Phase 1A and 1B groups, mainly health care workers and first responders, are also continuing. Residents are receiving either the two-shot sequence of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or the singledose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson depending on availability.

Across Maryland, more than 1,341,728 residents have received a first shot, 699,817 received the second dose, and 53,700 people have received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

Maryland is currently in Phase 1C, though Gov. Larry Hogan has announced plans to make appointments available to residents in groups 2 and 3 in the coming months.

To sign up, visit aacounty.org/covidvax.

Friday. Maryland reported 1,152 new cases and 18 new deaths.

The county case rate jumped one point Friday to 16.8 cases per 100,000 people.

The total number of confirmed infections since March is now 37,450, and at least 544 Anne Arundel County residents have died. Fourteen others are suspected of having died of the virus but were never tested.

Across the state, at least 397,898 infections have been recorded since March, and at least 7,947 Marylanders have died of the virus.

More than 5.74% of tests for the virus in Anne Arundel County came back positive. The statewide positivity rate reported Friday is 4.16%.

The state reported 816 Maryland residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, an increase of 18 patients over Thursday. About 598 of those patients require acute care beds, and another 218 are receiving more serious care.

In Anne Arundel County, at least 55 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19, including three new patients over Thursday. Fifteen needed intensive care.

Data from the Anne Arundel County Department of Health shows the current seven-day average for ICU hospital beds in use is 71.3%. The seven-day average for acute beds in use is about 79.9%.

The data reflects hospital occupancy for Anne Arundel Medical Center and the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, but it is a moving metric, as the hospitals can add or reduce capacity as needed.