DAILY COVID-19 CASES SPIKE PAST 12,000

Maryland’s COVID-19 positivity rate is creeping toward 30-percent.  The Maryland Department of Health reported another 12-thousand-735 cases today, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to about 789-thousand.  The statewide positivity rate is 29-point-98 percent, which is an increase of one-point-42 since Tuesday.