Coronavirus

Maryland’s new coronavirus cases and testing positivity rate continued to trend downward, according to data released Saturday, while the state reported 10 new deaths and hospitalizations rose slightly.

View visualizations of Maryland COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths, testing, positivity rate and vaccinations.

Artscape, the popular Baltimore summertime art and music festival, will not be held for the second straight summer due to ongoing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, organizers announced Friday.

The health department reported 79 cases on Friday afternoon covering a four-day period — data is being updated and released only on Mondays and Fridays — with all but one of them community cases. That brings to 102 the number of COVID-19 cases reported this week for Carroll, down from 129 at the same point last week.

One day after Maryland surpassed 5 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered, the state on Friday completed its second week with a statewide positivity rate below 5% and reported fewer than 1,000 new cases statewide for the ninth straight day.

Experts say families still need to follow precautions, but there are many activities that can be enjoyed with low risk.

Young adults are the biggest share of new Maryland COVID cases, and officials are ramping up efforts to vaccinate them.

On Tuesday, the Carroll County Health Department began offering COVID-19 vaccination clinics at TownMall of Westminster in the former Sears store. Starting Thursday, walk-ins were being permitted during clinic hours as vaccine supply allows.

Gov. Larry Hogan announced the initiative to help young people recover from the “devastating” impacts of the pandemic, challenges that he said could have lasting effects on children.

Here's a daily round up of the coronavirus news in the state of Maryland.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on Thursday toured Howard’s sole mass COVID-19 vaccination site inside the former Lord & Taylor department store at The Mall in Columbia.

As of Thursday, more than 5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Maryland, as coronavirus metrics remain fairly low.

Gov. Larry Hogan announced the initiative to help young people recover from the “devastating” impacts of the pandemic, challenges that he said could have lasting effects on children.

Here's a daily round up of the coronavirus news in the state of Maryland.

Even with vaccines, many older people and their relatives are weighing how to manage at-home care for those who can no longer live independently.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on Thursday toured Howard’s sole mass COVID-19 vaccination site inside the former Lord & Taylor department store at The Mall in Columbia.

According to a study and data from the U.S. Census Bureau, thousands of people migrated out of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas to be near family during the pandemic.

There are 252,867 residents total who received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 191,710 are fully vaccinated.

As of Thursday, more than 5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Maryland, as coronavirus metrics remain fairly low.

Some people said they started bathing less during the pandemic. As long as no one complains, they say they plan to keep the new habit.

Noto, a fishing town where the squid is a delicacy, erected the statue in March in a bid to promote tourism after the pandemic subsides.

Republicans from New York and Indiana to Texas and Washington state have promoted elements of the legislation they fought to defeat.

Some people don't want to receive the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Here's how to handle the situation.

The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic.

The weekly Carroll County Public Schools dashboard showed there were 79 people attending in-person learning who have the coronavirus, which includes 77 students.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked a nationwide eviction moratorium established as the COVID-19 lockdowns put millions of renters out of work during the past year.