COVID COMMUNITY LEVEL LISTED AS “LOW”

The Allegany County COVID community level has been listed as “low” for last week, with 88 new COVID cases reported, and no additional deaths. The percentage of fully-vaccinated residents of the county now stands at 56.7 per cent. The positivity rate is slightly higher than the state average at 9.75 per cent; Maryland is reporting 9.75. And, the cases per 100,000 individuals is also above that of the state, at 17.85 as opposed to Maryland’s rate of 12.49.