Getting Better All The Time

County Surpasses More Than 100,000 Residents With At Least One Dose Of A COVID-19 Vaccine

There is still a long way to go before COVID-19 is out of our lives. But things seem to be heading in the right direction.

Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks announced that the county is expanding COVID-19 capacity limits for businesses and other establishments due to a continued and significant decline in the county’s positivity rate and other key COVID-19 metrics, and due to increasing vaccination rates in the County. The updated safety measures took effect March 12 (click here for more details to see “Call It A Comeback”)

“While we are not ready to open as far as the rest of the state at this point, we are pleased by the information the Health Department is seeing, and our metrics tell us that we can safely do more than we are currently doing,” said County Executive Alsobrooks.

The County Executive made these decisions under the guidance and advice of public health officials, based on a continued and significant decline in key COVID-19 metrics in the county.

As of Mar. 6, the seven-day average positivity rate is 4.3%, down from over 7% a month ago. The county’s infection rate is sitting at 0.94 as of March 2. In addition, the county’s average daily case rate as of March 6is 15.7per 100,000 residents. This is down from an average daily case rate of 40.9 over a month ago on January 20. Finally, hospital capacity is around 55% as of March 9.

The county continues to monitor and analyze COVID-19 data daily. The County Health Department’s vaccination capacity has increased to about 15,000 per week, with five vaccination clinics across the County and three mobile vaccination units.

Last week, the County Health Department set another weekly record, administering 11,425 vaccinations, 8,200 of which were first or single doses. When counting all vaccine providers, over 31,000 vaccinations were provided to County residents last week, another weekly record. Finally, over 100,000 residents have now received at least one dose of a vaccine, and nearly 50,000 residents are fully vaccinated.

Due to these factors, health officials have advised that the County can safely move forward with a measured reopening.

COVID-19 metrics are available to the public and updated regularly through the County’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard. COVID-19 vaccine data is updated daily and available through the County’s COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard. The latest COVID-19 updates are available at www.health.mypgc.us/coronavirus