Highest COVID Vaccination Rate In Maryland Claimed By Howard County

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Howard County continues to lead the state in vaccination rates with 85.4 percent of residents age 12 and older fully vaccinated, 66.8 percent of residents age 18 and older boosted and 87.4 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds fully vaccinated, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

“Our team has worked incredibly hard with the community to get our residents vaccinated across all ages and demographics,” Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said. “As we see our cases declining from the latest surge, now is an important reminder to our community to get vaccinated and boosted if they haven’t already. The single most effective way to reduce your chance of hospitalization or even death from COVID-19 is to get vaccinated.”

In Howard County, 86.8 percent of residents 65 and older are fully vaccinated and 81.2 percent of those age 65 and older are boosted. Approximately 66 percent of children ages 5 to 11 have received at least their first vaccine dose. Howard County’s positivity rate is currently 6 percent with a case rate of 30 per 100,000, according to the Maryland Department of Health.