Hogan to update Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination planning, distribution at 4 p.m.
Maryland surpasses 5,000 coronavirus deaths
Gov. Larry Hogan will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. to provide an update on Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination planning and distribution. Watch it live on WBAL-TV 11, WBALTV.com/nowcast, the WBAL-TV app, and on Facebook.com/wbaltv11.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland’s latest numbers | Where to get tested ||PROGRAMMING NOTE: Tamron Hall will air at 2 p.m., and The Ellen DeGeneres Show will air at 3 p.m., followed by an 11 News Special Report at 4 p.m.Also Tuesday, state schools Superintendent Karen Salmon requested that the Maryland Department of Health include teachers, school staff and early child care professionals as the first priority in the plan to start COVID-19 vaccinations for essential employees in Maryland.The governor’s news conference comes a day after the University of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins Medicine received Maryland’s first batches of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. UMMS administered it to as many as five frontline health care workers.State officials are planning to distribute vaccines in the coming days. The Pfizer vaccine could go out as early as Monday, while the Moderna vaccine is expected to come next week. The distribution plan laid out by Gov. Larry Hogan comes in four stages.Maryland draft vaccination plan detailsView the slides from the news conferenceMaryland vaccination plan FAQsMaryland surpasses 5,000 coronavirus deathsThere were 61 more people who died in the last day from COVID-19 complications, for a total of 5,039. That’s the biggest one-day increase since May 12.Maryland continues to see a rise in new cases. Tuesday marks the 15th straight day of more than 2,000 confirmed cases as 2,401 new cases were added for a total of 239,362 cases.See the data in our interactive map and graphsHogan released a statement Tuesday morning, saying: “It is my sad duty to report that 5,000 Marylanders have now lost their lives to COVID-19. One thousand of these deaths have taken place just since Oct. 31. While many of us have grown numb to the daily statistics, each of these deaths represents somebody’s loved one, and each is a devastating loss for our state.”Yesterday was a great day of hope as the very first Marylanders were vaccinated for COVID-19, but as it is often said, it’s always darkest before the dawn. The weeks and months ahead may well be the most difficult we have experienced since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m calling on Marylanders to stand in solidarity against this deadly virus: we are all in this together, and we will get through this together.”Also as of Tuesday, Maryland had 1,799 coronavirus patients in need of hospital care, which is a new record high since the pandemic started. There were 411 people in intensive care and 1,388 in acute care.HELPFUL LINKSCOVID-19 DATA: Johns Hopkins | Maryland | en Español | Baltimore CitySPECIAL COVERAGE: Late-breaking updates on the coronavirusGET TESTED: Where and how to get tested for coronavirus in Maryland
Gov. Larry Hogan will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. to provide an update on Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination planning and distribution. Watch it live on WBAL-TV 11, WBALTV.com/nowcast, the WBAL-TV app, and on Facebook.com/wbaltv11.
|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland’s latest numbers | Where to get tested ||
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Tamron Hall will air at 2 p.m., and The Ellen DeGeneres Show will air at 3 p.m., followed by an 11 News Special Report at 4 p.m.
Also Tuesday, state schools Superintendent Karen Salmon requested that the Maryland Department of Health include teachers, school staff and early child care professionals as the first priority in the plan to start COVID-19 vaccinations for essential employees in Maryland.
The governor’s news conference comes a day after the University of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins Medicine received Maryland’s first batches of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. UMMS administered it to as many as five frontline health care workers.
State officials are planning to distribute vaccines in the coming days. The Pfizer vaccine could go out as early as Monday, while the Moderna vaccine is expected to come next week. The distribution plan laid out by Gov. Larry Hogan comes in four stages.
Maryland surpasses 5,000 coronavirus deaths
There were 61 more people who died in the last day from COVID-19 complications, for a total of 5,039. That’s the biggest one-day increase since May 12.
Maryland continues to see a rise in new cases. Tuesday marks the 15th straight day of more than 2,000 confirmed cases as 2,401 new cases were added for a total of 239,362 cases.
Hogan released a statement Tuesday morning, saying: “It is my sad duty to report that 5,000 Marylanders have now lost their lives to COVID-19. One thousand of these deaths have taken place just since Oct. 31. While many of us have grown numb to the daily statistics, each of these deaths represents somebody’s loved one, and each is a devastating loss for our state.
“Yesterday was a great day of hope as the very first Marylanders were vaccinated for COVID-19, but as it is often said, it’s always darkest before the dawn. The weeks and months ahead may well be the most difficult we have experienced since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m calling on Marylanders to stand in solidarity against this deadly virus: we are all in this together, and we will get through this together.”
Also as of Tuesday, Maryland had 1,799 coronavirus patients in need of hospital care, which is a new record high since the pandemic started. There were 411 people in intensive care and 1,388 in acute care.