COVID-19-related hospitalizations have not been this high in Prince George鈥檚 County, Maryland, since February 2021, and the county鈥檚 health officer is alarmed.
urging everyone in the county who is eligible and has not been vaccinated to get the shot.
鈥淚 am extremely concerned that the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the County has increased 37% since last week, reaching over 200 patients on Monday for the first time since February 2021,” he said Wednesday.
He’s asking residents 5 years or older to get vaccinated as soon as possible and get a booster dose if they are 16 and older.
“It will save your life,” Carter said.
Carter said that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies show that COVID-19 patients are 17 times more likely to be unvaccinated, and individuals who have not received a booster dose are 20 times more likely to die from the coronavirus than those who have received a booster.
Maryland surpassed 2,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations Wednesday, and Gov. Larry Hogan said the surge is “driven primarily by unvaccinated patients.”
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