SIX NEW COVID CASES SINCE THE WEEKEND

The Allegany County Health Department has reported six new COVID cases since Sunday, but no additional deaths. The positivity rate is now at 2.16 per cent, while the Maryland rate remains below 1 per cent at .92. There is a walk-in COVID vaccination clinic today at the Health Department’s Willowbrook Office Complex from 1 to 4 p.m. and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon. Also, tomorrow, there will be a walk in clinic from 9 to noon at the Potomac Fire Company in Westernport. Forty per cent of Allegany County residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while the state reports a 57.3 per cent vaccination rate.