Gov. Larry Hogan announced May 1 that the State of Maryland has opened direct scheduling for mass vaccination sites.
The state’s pre-registration system is closed, and all 831,872 pre-registrants have been offered appointments.
Marylanders can immediately book an appointment to get vaccinated by visiting covidvax.maryland.gov or by calling the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Support Center at 1-855-MD-GOVAX (1-855-634-6829). The support center is available seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Marylanders can now get vaccinated at most mass vaccination sites without any appointment needed. Click here for the schedule.
Maryland’s key COVID-19 metrics continue to show dramatic improvements:
- The state’s daily positivity rate of 2.79% is the lowest in more than eight weeks, and the 7-day positivity rate is down to 3.7%.
- The case rate has dropped by 40% in a little more than two weeks.
- COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped again and are down 48% from their winter peak.
Maryland has now reported more than 4.8 million vaccinations, and more than 2 million Marylanders are now fully vaccinated.
According to official CDC data, 84.5% of Marylanders 65 and older, and 61.2% of Marylanders 18 and older, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
–Josalyn Perez