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County Executive Marc Elrich spoke about the rising number of people in Montgomery County dying of the coronavirus. At a media briefing Wednesday, when, at the time, the county had 995 reported COVID-19 deaths, Elrich acknowledged that this week health officials expected that number to exceed 1,000. As of Thursday morning, Maryland Health Department reported […]

Gov. Larry Hogan has ordered the Maryland flag to be lowered to honor more than 1,000 Maryland residents that have died due to the coronavirus, Hogan announced today. The flags were lowered to half staff at noon today and will stay lowered until sunset on Sunday, May 3. The lowering of the flag throughout the […]

Montgomery County flags have been lowered to half staff to honor Michael Miller, a Montgomery County Department of Transportation employee who died Wednesday evening from the coronavirus. He is the first county employee who has died of COVID-19. Miller, who was 60 years old, helped manage the MCDOT Transit Services Division’s Ride On bus fleet […]

The University of Maryland announced the passing of the first university staff member from complications due to COVID-19. Luckmann Simon, a manager in Dining Services, worked for the University of Maryland for nearly 30 years. In an email sent to the university community, President Loh stated that Simon did not have contact with or serve […]

Montgomery County’s coronavirus website is now offering more details about confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in the area. The “County Cases by the Numbers” provide age and gender data for the county’s coronavirus cases and deaths. This section of the website will be updated Tuesdays and Fridays. “What the data shows is that the largest […]

El gobernador Larry Hogan anunció la segunda muerte relacionada con el coronavirus en Maryland, el viernes por la noche. El paciente era un residente del condado de Baltimore de unos sesenta años que padecía afecciones médicas subyacentes. Hogan dijo en un comunicado: “Un segundo Marylander ha perdido la vida como resultado de la pandemia de […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced the second coronavirus-related death in Maryland Friday evening. The patient was a Baltimore County resident in his sixties who suffered from underlying medical conditions. Hogan said in a statement: “A second Marylander has lost his life as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. On behalf of our entire state, we send […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced the first coronavirus-related death in Maryland on social media Wednesday evening. The patient was a Prince George’s County resident in his sixties “who suffered from an underlying medical condition.” Hogan said in a statement: “It is with profound sadness that I announce the first death in Maryland as a result of […]