COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 17K Cases & 52 Deaths Reported Sunday
Maryland recorded 17,252 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday while the statewide positivity rate and hospitalizations decreased.
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Maryland recorded 17,252 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday while the statewide positivity rate and hospitalizations decreased.
After the Anne Arundel County Council voted not to renew a previous mask mandate Friday, the health officer created a new public safety order requiring masks both inside and outside where social distancing is not possible.
Maryland recorded 12,945 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday while the statewide positivity rate and hospitalizations increased, according to the latest round of data from the Department of Health.
The Annapolis and Anne Arundel County fire departments are asking for the community's help in alleviating the strain its first responders are facing as a result of the strain COVID-19 and its variants are causing.
Health experts from Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center said numbers have gone from bad to worse.
Hours after the council voted not to renew Anne Arundel county's indoor mask mandate, County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman issued a masking mandate for both indoor and outdoor public areas where distancing isn't possible,
Baltimore County will distribute 100,000 at-home COVID-19 rapid tests next week at more than two dozen locations, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. said Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration has amended the emergency use authorization for Moderna booster shots.
West Virginia has the nation's third-oldest population with nearly 20% of its 1.79 million residents over age 65. The state also eclipses most others in the percentage of people affected by diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa issued a Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration for Friday morning through Saturday morning, when temperatures could dip into the teens.
An additional 20 state-run COVID-19 testing sites will open near hospital sites across Maryland in the coming weeks, Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday.
Citing the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, the Baltimore County Department of Aging will halt in-person activities at 20 senior centers starting on Jan. 10, the agency announced Thursday.
As health care workers are falling ill, hospitalizations nationwide continue to rise.
With the Omicron variant driving an increase of COVID-19 cases, the City of Frederick is moving all government meetings to virtual and closing offices to the public over the next nine days, officials said Wednesday.
The department opened two new testing sites Friday to keep up with an increased demand for testing amid a surge in new infections.
