GARRETT COUNTY REPORTS 48 NEW COVID-19 CASES

The Garrett County Health Department is reporting 48 additional positive COVID-19 results since the last report on Friday, bringing the current county total positives to 599. The Health Department and its local community partners tested just over 400 people at a drive-through community event last Friday. Garrett County’s 7-day positivity rate in the county is 12.1 per cent; the statewide rate, by comparison, is 6.9 per cent. The 7-day case rate per 100,000 among Garrett County residents is 94, while the state rate is 38.3 per 100,000.