The Allegany County Health Department reports 62 new COVID-19 cases in Allegany County since Friday, bringing the cumulative total number of cases to 857. The latest cases include nine children age 12 or under, two females and seven males in their teens, three females and nine males in their 20s, eight females and three males in their 30s, two males in their 40s, five females and four males in their 50s, five females and one male in their 60s, a male and female in their 70s and two females in their 80s.
Health officials continue to urge everyone to do their part to limit the spread of COVID-19 by wearing a mask when around others, washing hands frequently, sanitizing high-touch surfaces, avoiding large gatherings, and maintaining social distancing of at least six feet from other people. These simple precautions will limit the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
County residents are also urged to get a flu shot this fall to help minimize the impact of two dangerous respiratory illnesses circulating at one time.
Sunday morning Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced two counties in the state, Allegany and Dorchester, are in the Red Zone. According to Governor Hogan’s Communications Director Michael Ricci, “Being in the red zone means that the county has more than 25 cases per 100k, which is an indication of community transmission.”
From ACPS: The ACPS Food and Nutrition Services Department is currently working to develop a contingency plan to make food distribution available to students attending Braddock Middle School. As soon as the details of this updated plan are finalized, an official announcement will be made to inform Braddock families.
The Garrett County Health Department received nine additional positive COVID-19 results, bringing the current county total positives to 176.
The new positive COVID-19 cases include:
· 1 male and 1 female age 10-19 years old
· 1 male and 1 female in their 20s
· 1 female in her 30s
· 1 female in her 40s
· 2 males in their 50s
· 1 male in his 70s
Currently in the county, 67 persons are isolating due to a positive COVID-19 test.
If you know you are a close contact to a confirmed COVID-19 case, you should get tested 3-5 days after you are exposed, whether or not you have symptoms. If you develop symptoms, get tested at that time. This can be anywhere from 2-14 days after exposure.
Visit garretthealth.org for the most up-to-date COVID-19 information
Mineral County COVID-19 Daily Totals 11/2/20
*17 new cases today…and 72 new cases since 10/15/20.
**Please read the other two posts today
267 total positive cases, 50 are active, 2 are current probable cases, 213 have recovered and there are 4 total deaths
The Hampshire County Health Department has received several new cases over the weekend and today. Case investigations and contact tracing are completed timely.
The current case count is 148 confirmed positives, 8 probable, 21 active cases, 1 death and 2 hospitalizations.
The Hardy County Health Department and Hardy County Office of Emergency Management has one additional confirmed case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hardy County, making seven active cases, with a total confirmed case count of 112. We have had one confirmed COVID-19 death. We currently have six patients in quarantine at home, following proper protocol to protect their neighbors and community. One patient is currently hospitalized due to severe symptoms of COVID-19. Due to privacy, additional information regarding the persons, area of residence, and travel history will not be disclosed. The Hardy County Health Department has completed the necessary contact tracing to ensure the safety of close contacts and to prevent additional transmission. Hardy County now has 104 individuals fully recovered, included in the total confirmed case count of 112.
November 2, 2020 Grant County Public Information
Sandria Glasscock, RN – Public Information Officer
There was one (1) new case identified today. There was no known association with previous positive cases.
Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center (GRCC) reported NO new positives from the testing completed as required as an Outbreak Response.
In the month of October, Grant County had 39 new cases identified.
Twenty-seven of those have recovered, ten are still active (4 of the active cases have been diagnosed with pneumonia and are now recovering at home).
Unfortunately, 2 of those Grant County residents diagnosed with COVID in October passed away.
203 Total COVID Cases
• 190 confirmed Positive COVID cases
• 13 Probable COVID cases
• 179 Total Recovered
• 11 active Cases.
• 13 Deaths, of these: 9 Deaths listed as COVID related (6 from GRCC).
Call Grant Memorial Hospital (304) 257 1026 and press 5 to speak to an ER nurse or Grove Street Health Center at 304-257-2451 to help determine if testing is indicated and instructions how to proceed if you develop symptoms, (loss of taste or smell, fever, cough, muscle aches, cough, shortness of breath, headache or diarrhea). Remain isolated from others until you receive your test result and are cleared to discontinue isolation.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., November 2, that there were 2,060 new cases, in addition to 1,909 new cases reported Sunday, November 1 for a two-day total of 3,969 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 211,996. Daily increases are now the highest they have ever been since the start of the pandemic. https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx
Regular on-campus surveillance COVID testing, along with self-reported positive cases from external testing, indicates an increase in positive cases on the WVU Potomac State College campus. As of Sunday, November 1, a total of 18 positive cases have been reported for the campus, with 15 positive tests for students and three among faculty and staff. Of the 15 positive student cases, three are isolating on campus with the other 12 students isolating at their homes. An additional 40 students are quarantined due to exposure to the positive cases. Fourteen students are quarantined in on-campus housing with the others quarantined in their homes. Most students who are in isolation or quarantine on-campus are being housed in Davis Hall, a residence hall that is not being utilized by any other students.
Most of the current active cases are associated with members of one of the College’s athletic teams. In response, the athletic facilities, including the Recreation Center at the J. Edward Kelley Complex, are closed currently and athletic practices are suspended.
On October 14, the College began weekly surveillance testing of 10 percent of students and staff using saliva-based PCR tests. In the most recent three days of on-campus testing, 180 students and employees were tested with five positives reported, resulting in a weekly positivity rate of 2.8%. This testing is funded through the federal CARES Act and allocated to institutions across the state by Governor Jim Justice. Some positive cases have been self-reported based on off-campus testing.
Prior to October 24, five members of the Potomac State campus community – four students and one employee — had tested positive for COVID-19 since classes began in August. Daily and cumulative COVID-19 test results for students and employees on the Potomac State campus are updated by 2 pm each weekday.
According to the revised campus calendar for the fall 2020 semester adopted this past summer, students are expected to continue in in-person classes through Tuesday, November 24, before resuming classes following Thanksgiving in an online format for a week of review followed by finals. The spring 2021 semester is expected to begin on Tuesday, January 19.
Please continue to do your part to keep our campus community safe. Wear a mask any time you are in public spaces, wash your hands frequently, practice social distancing, and avoid indoor gatherings. Continue to complete the daily wellness check and stay home if you are experiencing any symptoms.
“We send our best wishes for a speedy recovery to those students, faculty and staff who have tested positive. I’m proud of the way that our campus has rallied to fight this virus. We are all in this together, and together we will do our part to keep our campus safe,” said Campus President Jennifer Orlikoff.
In-person sessions of blended Frostburg State University classes are set to resume on Thursday Nov. 5th at 8am.
Frostburg State University, after a review of testing numbers from the two-week period, recent symptomatic cases monitored by Brady Health Center and related indicators FSU is monitoring, announced it will resume the in-person sessions of blended classes on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 a.m. Approximately 70% of classes feature a mix of online and in-person while the remaining 30% are entirely online.
The Cordts P.E. Center and Lane University Centers activity areas will also reopen.
The Pandemic Response Team concluded after reviewing our two-week data reporting as well as symptomatic and self-reported testing over that period that the uptick in symptomatic self-reporting individuals stemmed from clusters of socially intertwined individuals and was not campus-wide. The University continues to monitor indicators that include incidence and prevalence, positivity rate, case clustering from contact tracing, regional healthcare preparedness, testing capacity, health center capacity, quarantine/isolation capacity, adherence to public health protective factors, wastewater testing, local conditions and state conditions.
Our positivity rate of FSU-administered tests for last week (3.48% for the week) remains lower in comparison to our local community. These are just two of multiple data points we are monitoring. While our FSU-administered testing continues to test below the county’s positivity rate, any increase in cases in our county and among the FSU community is a trend we are watching closely as we determine if further response or additional measures are warranted. An initial spike in this trend is why the institution, in an abundance of caution, paused in person instruction last week.
To further confirm current data, FSU has added an additional surveillance testing this Wednesday, Nov. 4.
FSU continues to emphasis that ndividual precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 – wearing a face mask in all interactions with others, remaining socially distanced (6 feet) from any other person and frequent hand-washing – must continue. Daily use of the online check-in, www.frostburg.edu/checkin, is required of anyone on campus.
Bi-weekly testing data will be reported on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as scheduled.