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Scott, 36, said in an interview Friday that he has never had any COVID-19 symptoms, and has tested negative repeatedly — including again on Friday.

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

Looking for normalcy during a pandemic that has upended much of daily life this year, many people in the Baltimore area and across the country are a turning to Christmas trees.

Amid a post-Thanksgiving surge in demand for COVID-19 tests, health officials say some labs aren't processing tests as quickly as before.

Dr. Richard J. Johns, a Johns Hopkins physician and founding director of its Department of Biomedical Engineering, has died at 95.

Multiple health offices and groups are launching campaigns to spur people to get vaccinated. Here’s why:

A 9-year-old boy infected with the coronavirus was stopped by authorities just before boarding a plane at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, officials said.

Efforts in Baltimore to increase Black participation in medical trials are having some success and may be crucial to overcoming a racist past in medical research and to reversing disparate health outcomes for racial minorities.

Maryland hit a new grim mark Friday, reporting a record 3,792 new coronavirus cases — shattering the previous daily record of 2,910 set Nov. 19.

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

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.

To catch Marylanders up on the stories they might've missed, here are five key points from The Baltimore Sun’s coronavirus coverage this week.

Much about the first coronavirus vaccines — such as the duration of immunity they offer, possible long-term side effects and variance across different ages, races and ethnicities — will likely take another year or so to determine.

A 45-year Baltimore City Department of Public Works employee died after contracting the coronavirus, the agency said Thursday.

As with many things upended by the coronavirus pandemic, this winter’s skiing and snowboarding season in Maryland and the surrounding region won’t be the same.

Dr. Lionel Desbordes, an obstetrician and one of the founders of the Garwyn Medical Center, has died at 97.

The scrutiny by Department of Legislative Services auditors is part of an overall examination begun in June of millions of dollars in emergency procurements during the coronavirus pandemic.

Another wave of coronavirus cases is building, and health care workers again find themselves on the front lines.

Maryland reported 2,044 new coronavirus cases Thursday and 48 deaths tied to COVID-19, the most in a single day since May.

The mission of the Healing Youth Alliance is to share mental health information with young people through an “unapologetically Black” curriculum — one that’s anchored by the experiences of Black changemakers in history and set in the context of systemic racism.

Maryland counties are announcing and revising plans and guidelines for holding classes while containing the spread of coronavirus.

A day after Gov. Larry Hogan said Maryland is not yet near the coronavirus’ peak, the state reported 2,220 new coronavirus cases and 42 new deaths tied to COVID-19, the most deaths reported in one day since early June.

A “Made In Baltimore” pop-up shop has returned for its sixth holiday season, but this year the store will be all virtual.

Two Baltimore City restaurants are suspending indoor dining indefinitely, citing as reasons the early curfew and 25% maximum dining capacity implemented to help slow the spread of coronavirus.

Mercy Medical Center was awarded more than $10 million in federal funding Tuesday to help continue the fight against the coronavirus, congressional leaders said.

Maryland's first supply of 155,000 vaccines from drug companies Moderna and Pfizer “doesn’t get to anywhere near what we need in Phase One,” the Republican governor said at a State House news conference.

MedStar Health has acquired Righttime Medical Care, vastly expanding its network of urgent care centers as the number of coronavirus patients surges.

With surging hospitalizations and a rising positivity rate, Maryland on Tuesday reported 2,765 new coronavirus cases – the third largest single-day total since officials began tracking the pandemic in March – and 30 more deaths.