TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County officials announced on Friday that a member of the Baltimore County Police Department and a member of the Baltimore County Fire Department have tested positive for COVID-19. These are the first Baltimore County public safety personnel to test positive for the virus. “I am grateful for the dedication of the brave men and women serving on the […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Bloomberg Philanthropies, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Johns Hopkins University announced on Friday a joint effort to fund research into the potential therapeutic uses of COVID-19 convalescent plasma, led by Arturo Casadevall, an infectious disease expert and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor who holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan announced on Friday that the state of Maryland now has 774 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 425 cases over the last three days. A fifth Maryland resident has died from coronavirus complications. The victim was an Anne Arundel County man in his 80s. Additionally, Maryland has been hit particularly hard by influenza this year, with a […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan announced on Thursday night that the State of Maryland had received a Major Disaster Declaration from the Trump administration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier on Thursday, Maryland reported 580 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 157 new cases, the largest one-day increase to date. The number of confirmed cases in the National Capital Region […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Child care centers in Maryland have been ordered to close by Friday evening due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Karen B. Salmon, State Superintendent of Schools, announced that all child care providers would need to close by the end of the day on Friday, March 27, except for those serving essential personnel. Licensed child care programs […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the state’s workforce. The Maryland Department of Labor reported on Thursday that, in just one week, their office had received over 42,000 new unemployment insurance claims. “This is truly unprecedented,” the department said on Twitter. “As many customers face longer wait times than usual and have difficulty accessing our website, we […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—The state of Maryland now has 580 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 157 new cases, which the largest one-day increase to date. There are more than 1,200 confirmed cases in the National Capital Region—in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Governor Larry Hogan on Thursday issued the following statement: “We are only at the beginning of this crisis, in […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—At a Wednesday press conference, Governor Larry Hogan announced that he has requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration for the State of Maryland. Governor Hogan is specifically requesting: (1) the Individuals and Households, Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training, and the Disaster Unemployment Assistance programs under the Individual Assistance Program statewide, (2) Debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal […]