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Posted: Monday, April 6th, 2020

Governor Hogan Takes Aggressive Action to Protect Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid COVID-19 Outbreaks

Facilities Must Expedite Testing of Symptomatic Residents Through Maryland State Lab Separate Observation Areas Must Be Created for Residents Who Are Sick and Require Monitoring State Officials To Directly Coordinate Placement of Discharged Patients ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today enacted an emergency order to protect residents and staff at Maryland nursing home facilities, and bolster…

Posted: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 15 FOR UNINSURED MARYLANDERS TO ENROLL IN HEALTH COVERAGE WHEN THEY FILE STATE TAXES

PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MARYLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE, COMPTROLLER OF MARYLAND CREATES AN EASY PATH TO SIGN UP FOR HEALTH COVERAGE BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program, a partnership between the Office of Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, the agency that runs Maryland Health Connection, will allow uninsured Marylanders…

Posted: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020

THREE MORE POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE CONFIRMED IN SOMERSET COUNTY

(March 31, 2020, Westover, MD) The Somerset County Health Department has received notification that three Somerset County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. A woman in her sixties and a couple in their eighties have tested positive and all are currently at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. It is unknown at this time if the female…

Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2020

7th CONFIRMED CASE & WICOMICO COUNTY STATUS UPDATE FOR COVID-19

(March 30, 2020, Salisbury, MD) In an effort to keep the public informed, the Wicomico County Health Department will issue status updates on Mondays and Fridays each week. Currently, Wicomico County has 7th confirmed COVID-19 cases. This 7th case is a female under the age of 18. Her siblings were tested and are negative. The…

Posted: Friday, March 27th, 2020

Maryland Reports 194 New Cases of COVID-19; Cases In National Capital Region More Than Quadruple Over The Last Week

ANNAPOLIS, MD—The State of Maryland now has 774 confirmed cases of COVID-19—an increase of 425 cases over the last three days. There are now more than 1,500 confirmed cases in the National Capital Region—in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia—4.5 times more than there were just one week ago. Governor Larry Hogan today issued the following…