The number of new COVID-19 cases has steadily dropped in recent weeks and vaccination rates have climbed. But a stubborn issue persists: Why hasn t the racial gap in vaccination rates closed more quickly?|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||It has been nearly two weeks since the state started to use the Maryalnd Lottery to boost COVID-19 vaccinations with $40,000 a day awarded to a vaccinated person whose name is drawn.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsIn northwest Baltimore, Marvin Dunn has a different incentive to get vaccinated spending time with his children. I plan to be around them a lot, and by them not being able to get vaccinated, I don t want to mess around and give it to them, Dunn said.Dunn and other residents of Baltimore are now having an easier time getting vaccinated. Small pop-up sites and mobile sites have been added to the larger mass vaccination sites and pha