Credit: The Maryland Department of Health
Maryland has reached a new one-day vaccination record with 94,773 COVID-19 vaccinations being reported from Friday, exceeding 90,000 vaccinations for the first time.
The Maryland Health Department is reporting 3,369,646 vaccinations have been administered overall, including 454,125 over the past week, for a record-seven-day average of 64,875 shots per day. Maryland ranks 13th in the nation for vaccinating its population.
Gov. Larry Hogan shared the record in a news release.
“We are already nearing our goal of doing 100,000 shots per day, and we have built a vast distribution network of providers ready to do much more,” reads Hogan’s statement in the news release. “Increasing our vaccination rate even further depends entirely on more supply, and we are facing challenges due to the federal government’s reduction of Johnson & Johnson vaccines. I want to thank all of the incredible vaccinators on the front lines who are getting shots into arms every day so we can bring this pandemic to an end.”