Coronavirus

After a late-night U.S. Supreme Court order rejected his last pending case, Higgs, 48, became the final inmate to be executed under Trump since his administration resumed federal executions in July after a 17-year hiatus.

Maryland reported 3,292 new coronavirus cases Saturday, along with 47 more deaths, health department data shows.

A third correctional officer working at the Baltimore City jail complex has died of the coronavirus, a spokesman for the office’s union said.

These are the confirmed Maryland cases of the novel coronavirus, the illness that causes the COVID-19 disease, confirmed by the Maryland Department of Health. The charts and maps below show what has been reported by the state and update around 10 a.m. each day.

The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is no longer testing all incarcerated defendants for the coronavirus before bringing them to in-person court hearings, raising alarm among correctional officers, attorneys and others who interact with them in court.

A new Maryland policy that enables adults 65 and older to start getting inoculated for COVID-19 lacks critical details that officials and experts say could hamper the ability to ensure all those who want the vaccine can get it.

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

A new Maryland policy that enables adults 65 and older to start getting inoculated for COVID-19 lacks critical details that officials and experts say could hamper the ability to ensure all those who want the vaccine can get it.

Anne Arundel County released information Friday on how residents age 75 and older can receive a coronavirus vaccine starting next week.

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

There were 45 new community cases, three cases from congregate living facilities, and one fatality — a resident at Brinton Woods.

Local business owners have said the indoor dining ban hurts their bottom line — especially as eateries in neighboring counties are still allowed to serve customers indoors.

Uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments triggered anger and confusion Friday in some states.

Maryland is doling out $30 million in coronavirus relief to about 90 entertainment venues in the state, including 23 organizations in Baltimore.

The state has now recorded 320,739 cases and 6,322 deaths since health officials began to track the COVID-19 disease in March.

The Howard County Health Department said it plans to enter Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 25, a week after the state plans to do so.

Jones, who lives alone in Colorado Springs, doesn’t have the internet, and that’s made it much more difficult for him to make an appointment.

The state has now recorded 320,739 cases and 6,322 deaths since health officials began to track the COVID-19 disease in March.

The Howard County Health Department said it plans to enter Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 25, a week after the state plans to do so.

Jones, who lives alone in Colorado Springs, doesn’t have the internet, and that’s made it much more difficult for him to make an appointment.

Anne Arundel County reported 342 new coronavirus cases and three new deaths Friday. Maryland reported 2,924 new cases and 45 new deaths. The county case rate dropped Friday, but remains high at 60.2 cases per 100,000 people.

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world.

Wisconsin is launching a mobile coronavirus vaccination program next week to be operated by the Wisconsin National Guard and health officials, Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday.

Based on detailed contact tracing of about 20,000 people infected with the new variant — including nearly 3,000 children under 10 — the report showed that young children were about half as likely as adults to transmit the variant to others. That was true of the previous iteration of the virus, as well.

A health care worker shortage has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The lack of nurses may be the most consequential. Maryland nurses are stretched, stressed and spent. Some are leaving their jobs and signing on with staffing agencies that pay better and are driving up the cost of providing health care.

Biden’s proposal would speed up vaccines and pump out financial help to those struggling with the prolonged economic fallout.

Maryland will move into Phase 1B of its vaccination plan Monday. And the state would then open up the eligibility one week later, on Jan. 25, to Phase 1C.

The U.S. surgeon general on Thursday urged Black leaders in Mississippi to get COVID-19 vaccinations and to ask others in their communities to do the same.

Gov. Larry Hogan held a news conference Thursday updating Marylanders about the coronavirus vaccine rollout and when individuals might get their shots. Here's what you need to know.

A Baltimore circuit court judge has denied the request of a Maryland trade group to allow on-premises dining in the city.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announced Thursday the county will move into the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations next week, an acceleration of the schedule announced just days before.

An employee at the Glenwood Branch library in Western Howard County tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, and the library will be closed until Tuesday, according to a Howard County Library System news release.

Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York says he has the coronavirus.

Maryland reported 2,948 new coronavirus cases Thursday, along with 44 more deaths, state health department data shows.

The Munich startup behind the NBA’s wristbands, Kinexon, is happy with the publicity of helping prevent top athletes from catching the virus, even as such devices raise privacy concerns. Now it is looking toward broader arenas: factory production lines, warehouses and logistics centers where millions of people continue to work despite the pandemic.

Oklahoma is in the grip of a frightening surge of the coronavirus, the worst it has yet seen and one of the worst in America’s winter.

Millions of elderly New Yorkers started the week with optimism that they would finally gain access to the vaccine after months of fearing they would fall victim to the coronavirus. But the reality of actually getting the shots has proved to be far more maddening.

The return to in-person classes in nearly two-thirds of the U.S. hasn’t led to a rash of community outbreaks, federal scientists said in a study of 2.87 million cases among those under age 24.

Anne Arundel County reported 341 new coronavirus cases and three new deaths Thursday. Maryland reported 2,948 new cases and 44 new deaths.

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected.

A new variant of the coronavirus emerged in Maryland for the first time Tuesday, raising alarms of officials and public health officials. Here's what you need to know.

The opening day of a Maryland General Assembly session typically has a feel of the first day of school. This year, the tone is more somber.

Lawyers for Baltimore and a Maryland trade group on Wednesday debated the merits of the city's restaurant shutdown as a means of controlling the spread of the coronavirus.

Officials blame much of the problem on Baltimore’s transition from paper timecards to a digital human resources and payroll platform.

A friend from out of town wants to visit you during the pandemic, but you're uncomfortable hosting. What should you do?

More Marylanders died of drug and alcohol overdoses in January through September of last year, a jump that health officials are attributing to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dennis Schrader’s nomination as state health secretary is subject to a confirmation vote by the Maryland Senate, which he failed to win in 2017.

For many who have lost someone to COVID-19, the grief has been compounded by constant reminders of a pandemic that is still taking lives at a record pace. And for those whose loved ones were infected in correctional facilities, the loss has been further complicated by the dehumanizing bureaucracy of incarceration, and by the stigma around criminal convictions.

Tens of thousands of American tourists descended on Mexico’s glittering Caribbean beaches at the close of 2020 and start of this year.

Maryland’s seven-day average of cases per 100,000 residents climbed to 53.39 Tuesday, continuing a three-day streak of record highs during the pandemic, according to state health department data released Wednesday.

Health officials in Oregon and other states with bans say they are necessary because people can’t wear masks when they eat, are in close proximity in smaller and often poorly ventilated spaces, and are prone to talk more loudly in a crowded dining room — all known contributors to viral spread.

Wisconsin health officials said Wednesday a new, more contagious form of the COVID-19 virus has been detected in the state.

We’ve got a list of events from honoring a civil rights icon to a virtual concert and an online gaming event.

Before 2020 gets too far in the rear view, here are five things numbers reveal about the first calendar year of the pandemic in Maryland.

Football coaches do it. President-elects do it. Even science-savvy senators do it. As cases of the coronavirus continue to surge on a global scale, some of the nation’s most prominent people have begun to double up on masks — a move that researchers say is increasingly being backed up by data.

COVID-19, the novel strain of the coronavirus that has sickened thousands across the globe, is spreading in Maryland.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitches rapid testing to open restaurants, theaters