COVID-19 In Maryland: Positivity Rate Back Above 5%, Cases Again Exceed 1,000
Maryland reported 1,078 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths, according to state health department data released Tuesday morning.
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Maryland reported 1,078 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths, according to state health department data released Tuesday morning.
Monday marked the first day of school, not only here in Baltimore City, but in Baltimore, Howard and several other counties in Maryland.
The first day of the new school year for many students and staff across the state is officially in the books. The conversation about keeping students, staff and the community at large safe remains top of mind for state leaders, especially with students younger than 12 still unable to get vaccinated.
There is one week remaining in the $1million VaxU Scholarship Promotion.
Maryland reported 942 new COVID-19 cases and nine new deaths, according to state health department data released Monday morning.
Maryland reported 1,067 new COVID-19 cases and twelve new deaths, according to state health department data released Sunday morning.
Just as the state of Maryland surpasses a major milestone of administering 7.5 million COVID-19 vaccinations, the health department reports more than 1,000 new cases for the fourth day in a row. This comes as Baltimore County hosts two major events Saturday, the BMW Championship and the Maryland State Fair.
WJZ went inside a hospital room to interview a patient who contracted COVID-19.
The Maryland General Assembly on Friday announced plans to take up the state school board's proposed mask mandate for public schools.
A Maryland teacher said she was placed on leave after refusing to comply with a school mask mandate. Angela Harders, a special education teacher at Paint Branch High School, said she was taking a stand against forced masking, The Washington Post reported.
The Maryland Department of Health will continue to bring free mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics on the road through the Labor Day holiday.
Maryland's congressional delegation on Friday sent a letter pressing state labor officials about issues with the delivery of unemployment benefits to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The antibody treatment blocks an inflammatory protein called IL-6 that causes damage in rheumatoid arthritis.
Maryland's State Board of Education announced that they voted in favor of mandating masks in schools this upcoming academic year.
17-year-old Janiya Broaddus is ready for her senior year of high school. She came to a back-to-school vaccination clinic at the Bon Secours Community Works building in West Baltimore and told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren she is ready to get her first vaccine.
Officials confirmed that 41 students have tested positive for COVID-19 and nearly 600 are in quarantine in Frederick County.
Maryland reported 1,244 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths, according to state health department data released Thursday morning.
More than 100,000 people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the US -- the first time that level has been reached since January -- as medical workers say they're once again struggling to treat waves of patients.
The office of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced three staff members tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday.
Last week, the number of Covid-19 cases in children in the US reached levels not seen since the winter surge. And with the return to school, the Delta variant on the rise and this winter approaching, health officials are concerned it could get worse.
Black women in the United States are more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than any other demographic — and the COVID-19 pandemic may be exacerbating one of the starkest disparities in American health care.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. declared a local state of emergency today to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing a 376% increase in the seven-day case rate since July 30.
Multiple members of Governor Larry Hogan's staff have tested positive for COVID-19, according to sources.
In addition to coronavirus vaccinations, PCR testing and rapid antigen testing, the center will also provide first aid, travel vaccines and emergency care.
