FIRST COVID-19 DEATH FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY

Washington County has reported its first death from COVID-19 death, a woman in her 20’s, with underlying medical conditions. The woman died at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown. Meritus has seven other coronavirus patients there at this point. Washington County Health Officer Earl Stoner stressed that “everyone should take this threat seriously, and expressed his condolences to the woman’s family.