Brian Compere

With nine new COVID-19 cases announced Tuesday, Carroll County is setting an early pace for this week that’s in line with the rate seen last week.

The Carroll County Health Department announced nine new COVID-19 cases among residents living outside congregate living facilities Friday, signaling that this week could exceed the case total seen last week, which finished with the highest tally in the past four weeks.

Carroll County went over seven weeks without seeing a single COVID-19 fatality among Carroll County residents living outside congregate living facilities. But on Thursday, health officials announced for the second straight day that a community member has died.

For the first time since August, a Carroll County resident not living in a long-term care facility has died of COVID-19, the Carroll County Health Department announced Wednesday.

Since Friday, the Carroll County Health Department has confirmed 44 new COVID-19 cases countywide, as an uptick is positive tests seen the past two weeks continues.

With 12 new COVID-19 cases announced Thursday and two days to go, Carroll County’s weekly total has exceeded the maximum level that the Carroll County Health Department wants to see in order to avoid “higher risk” for transmission when school buildings reopen.

One day after Carroll County passed the milestone of 2,000 total COVID-19 cases, the pace of new residents testing positive continued with 11 more cases Tuesday.

Carroll County Health Department data show that the county ended September with more COVID-19 cases than in August and that the current week’s case count has exceeded the week before for the first time in about a month.

With 15 more Carroll County cases of COVID-19 reported Thursday, the county is headed for its first week-over-week increase in cases in about a month.

A 16-year-old boy died Wednesday night after being hit by a car while crossing Md. 482 in Hampstead, police announced.

Thirteen COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Carroll County on Wednesday, one of the largest single-day increases since early September, Carroll County Health Department data show.

The Carroll County Health Department on Tuesday announced seven more COVID-19 cases and reclassified a death as not being caused by the disease.

A pedestrian was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Westminster on Monday night, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday morning.

Carroll County, which added eight COVID-19 cases Friday, appears to be ending the week with a decline in cases among community members relative to last week.

Ten new COVID-19 cases were announced in Carroll County Thursday, as the path to more in-person schooling — including high school sports — becomes clearer.

The Carroll County Health Department has reported seven new COVID-19 cases among community members and announced that the testing site at the Carroll County Agricultural Center will be temporarily closed Sunday.

Carroll County went over three weeks without seeing a death related to COVID-19, but now two have been confirmed in two days.

For the first time Friday, the Carroll County Health Department began announcing the number of COVID-19 tests that are considered probable but not confirmed.

A two-vehicle crash on Thursday left three people injured and closed Md. 27 in Manchester for hours into the evening, Maryland State Police announced.

Max Major, the mentalist and alumnus of South Carroll High School, made a deep run on “America’s Got Talent,” but fell just short of making the finals.

Another nine Carroll County residents, including one in a nursing facility, have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday, the same day McDaniel College announced it has seen a low enough case total that it’s now at its lowest alert level.

On Tuesday evening, South Carroll High School graduate Max Major turned to roulette in the hopes of keeping his run going on “America’s Got Talent.”

The Carroll County Health Department reported eight new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, raising the week’s total to 23 so far.

Ten new COVID-19 cases among Carroll County community members were reported Wednesday, though the health department cautioned that the day’s data might be incomplete.

Over the Labor Day weekend, the Carroll County Health Department confirmed a total of 42 new cases of COVID-19 among community members, more than half of which were among people younger than 30.

The Carroll County Health Department on Friday announced a death attributed to COVID-19 for the second straight day.

Carroll County appears headed for the lowest weekly total of COVID-19 cases since June, though another death attributed to the disease was announced Thursday.

For the second consecutive day, the Carroll County Health Department reported just three new COVID-19 cases, continuing a recent downward trend.

As the week nears its end, it’s appearing likely that it will have the lowest case total among Carroll County community members since late June.

As Carroll County Public Schools prepares for a new year that will begin Sept. 8 with all-online instruction, some students are at risk of falling behind due to unreliable access to broadband internet. A new state grant aims to help address that problem.

With just a few new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Carroll County on Thursday, the county’s top health official said numbers are trending in a good direction but warned against getting complacent with the pandemic.

With six newly confirmed COVID-19 cases announced Wednesday, the Carroll County Health Department is encouraged by a recent downward trend but carefully watching to see if it will continue.

On Tuesday the Carroll County Health Department reported a net increase of just three COVID-19 cases and indicated that weekly case totals are declining as testing has risen back to more typical levels.

Carroll County’s week had seen the rate of new COVID-19 cases drop noticeably, but there was a single-day jump Friday.

On the same day the Carroll County commissioners again extended the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carroll County Health Department announced the smallest number of new cases in about a month.

The Carroll County Health Department again reported fewer than 10 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, though Tuesday was only the first day that full testing capacity has been offered since July 28.

Continuing a recent downward trend, the Carroll County Health Department on Tuesday reported nine new COVID-19 cases, all among members of the community outside of congregate living facilities.

Carroll County’s slower pace of COVID-19 cases this week — relative to exceptionally high case totals the previous two weeks — continued Friday, with 10 more residents confirmed to have tested positive for the disease.

Westminster leaders decided to cancel all remaining city events that had been on the calendar through the rest of the year.

The Carroll County Health Department announced a total of 11 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, continuing a pace slower than what was seen the previous two weeks, though the county’s top health official said reduced testing might be influencing that decline.

On Tuesday, the Carroll County Health Department reported a total of 10 new COVID-19 cases, the smallest single-day increase since July 17, when seven cases were announced.

With 23 new COVID-19 cases among Carroll County community members reported Friday, the county nearly tied the weekly record set last week, with one more day left in the week, and ended July with triple the amount seen in June.

Another dozen cases of COVID-19 among Carroll County community members have been confirmed Thursday, the first day that the county’s testing site was temporarily relocated.

Another 16 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed among locals not living in congregate living facilities, the Carroll County Health Department reported Wednesday, continuing the elevated pace seen in the second half of July.

The Carroll County Health Department announced Tuesday that it has confirmed 14 new cases of COVID-19 and that the testing site at the Carroll County Agriculture Center will be temporarily relocated starting Thursday.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that it has arrested a Union Bridge man for alleged sexual abuse of a minor.

For the first time since COVID-19 cases began exploding in nursing homes in late March, more Carroll County residents who do not live in such facilities have tested positive for the disease than those living or working in the facilities.

Carroll County has set a record for the most COVID-19 cases among members of the community outside of congregate living facilities in a single week.

Carroll County added 11 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the weekly total within just two cases of being the worst yet among members of the community outside of congregate living facilities.

Two-dozen cases of COVID-19 were announced Tuesday among Carroll County residents not living in congregate living facilities, one day after 23 such cases were reported.