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As hospitals near their limits, Baltimore City officials are launching an effort to boost contact tracing response rates.
The initiative called Baltimore vs. COVID is being led by the Mayor s Office of Performance and Innovation and the Baltimore City Health Department.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott said the city s hospitals are at 90% capacity for intensive care and 86% capacity for acute care.
Scott said contact tracing is crucial in tracking and stemming the spread of the coronavirus. Share that information. Don t hold back, Scott said at a news conference outside City Hall. When MD COVID calls, it s your duty to answer the phone.
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The city of Baltimore is increasing its outreach to the Latino community, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Where to get tested ||While Latinx Baltimoreans make up just over 5% of the population, they currently represent 15% of total cases of the coronavirus, city officials said.Starting in January, officials said the city will increase educational and outreach efforts in the Latinx community in partnership with CASA.The Baltimore City Health Department will also work with the Esperanza Center to get linguistically and culturally competent contact tracers who will work to connect residents who test positive for COVID-19 and who have limited access to public benefits to Resource Navigators, who will connect residents with financial assistance from the Emergency Relief for Immigrant Families fund.The city s efforts will include work to overcome any mistrust of a vaccine a challenge in both Black and brown com
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