NBCI INMATE, STERLING RESIDENT AMONG NEW COVID-19 CASES

There are 13 new cases of COVID-19, among them, a North Branch Correctional Institution inmate and a resident of Sterling Care Frostburg Village. The new cases also include a female teenager, three females in their 20’s, a man and woman in their 30’s, two women in their 40’s, a man and a woman in their 50’s, and a man in his 70’s. Of the new cases, only the nursing home resident has required hospitalization. During the drive-thru testing clinic held at the Allegany County Fairgrounds last Wednesday, 360 individuals were tested for COVID-19. Only one of those tests, an Allegany County resident, came back positive.