Delta variant cases on the rise in Maryland

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Cases of the COVID-19 delta variant have been spreading rapidly in Maryland in the past two weeks. The State Health Department reports an increase of nearly 200%.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Cases are at their highest level in two months. Hospitalizations haven't been this high since early June. Doctors say the delta variant is highly contagious and it is here to stay."Right now, we presume that most of the patients that are coming in with COVID are likely secondary to this delta variant," said Dr. Kinjal Sheth, chief of critical care at Northwest Hospital.For a while, Northwest Hospital had no COVID-19 patients. But now, Sheth says they are starting to get a steady stream of COVID-positive patients again. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since early June."With COVID, we were initially in the first waves. We were seeing a whole spectrum of very mild to moderate to severe symptoms. Now, when most people are hospitalized with this, they tend to be very severe," Sheth said.Researchers say the delta variant leads to more severe symptoms and its spreading in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Health reported 90 cases as of July 12. By July 27, that number grew to 266. That's nearly a 200% increase in just two weeks."We are concerned that given the numbers, there may be another wave that's coming, and I can tell you all of the frontline workers at this point are extremely exhausted, and to the possibility of having another wave, frankly, scares us all," Sheth said.MDH said the delta variant is responsible for more than 50% of all new lab-confirmed cases. On Thursday, Maryland recorded more than 500 new cases for the first time in more than two months.Sheth says the cases they're seeing are in unvaccinated people. He says the vaccine is effective against the delta variant and he's urging folks to consider getting the shot, or at the very least masking up out in public."We have something in our arsenal now that actually will protect all of us and the fact that people are not going to use it really frightens us. And it's just, there's only so much we can do. It's no longer about just being called heroes, its about actually taking that next step and that leap of faith that we all have to help one another out," Sheth said.Seventy-seven percent of Maryland's eligible population has at least one dose of vaccine. Those high vaccination levels, doctors say, are helping to keep the case counts on the lower end.

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Cases of the COVID-19 delta variant have been spreading rapidly in Maryland in the past two weeks. The State Health Department reports an increase of nearly 200%.

|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||

Cases are at their highest level in two months. Hospitalizations haven't been this high since early June. Doctors say the delta variant is highly contagious and it is here to stay.

"Right now, we presume that most of the patients that are coming in with COVID are likely secondary to this delta variant," said Dr. Kinjal Sheth, chief of critical care at Northwest Hospital.

For a while, Northwest Hospital had no COVID-19 patients. But now, Sheth says they are starting to get a steady stream of COVID-positive patients again. Hospitalizations are at their highest level since early June.

"With COVID, we were initially in the first waves. We were seeing a whole spectrum of very mild to moderate to severe symptoms. Now, when most people are hospitalized with this, they tend to be very severe," Sheth said.

Researchers say the delta variant leads to more severe symptoms and its spreading in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Health reported 90 cases as of July 12. By July 27, that number grew to 266. That's nearly a 200% increase in just two weeks.

"We are concerned that given the numbers, there may be another wave that's coming, and I can tell you all of the frontline workers at this point are extremely exhausted, and to the possibility of having another wave, frankly, scares us all," Sheth said.

MDH said the delta variant is responsible for more than 50% of all new lab-confirmed cases. On Thursday, Maryland recorded more than 500 new cases for the first time in more than two months.

Sheth says the cases they're seeing are in unvaccinated people. He says the vaccine is effective against the delta variant and he's urging folks to consider getting the shot, or at the very least masking up out in public.

"We have something in our arsenal now that actually will protect all of us and the fact that people are not going to use it really frightens us. And it's just, there's only so much we can do. It's no longer about just being called heroes, its about actually taking that next step and that leap of faith that we all have to help one another out," Sheth said.

Seventy-seven percent of Maryland's eligible population has at least one dose of vaccine. Those high vaccination levels, doctors say, are helping to keep the case counts on the lower end.

Delta variant cases on the rise in Maryland

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