As was reported yesterday, there are four additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in Allegany County, bringing the total to 63. The Allegany County Health Department has also reported that one of the previously identified coronavirus case at the Cumberland Healthcare Nursing Home has died. The resident was a female in her 90’s.
This is the second COVID-19 related death to occur in Allegany County, and the third attributed to the county by state data. The new cases, reported yesterday, include one a staff member and one resident at the Cumberland Healthcare facility, with previously reported cases, as well as an individual who was recently released from the nursing home. In an unrelated case, a female in her 60’s has tested positive, and is self-isolating at home. The third individual was a former Allegany County resident who was living in a Carroll County nursing home at the time of his illness.