LOCAL COVID-19 STATISTICS ON THE DECLINE

The CDC has listed Allegany County’s COVID-19 Community Level as “low,” with 57.5 per cent of the population receiving a complete primary COVID Vaccine series. The cumulative number of cases in the county is 21,479, with the cumulative number of deaths at 385. The local positivity rate is 5.44 per cent; Maryland is at 9.8 per cent. The cases per 100,000 people is at 9.74 locally; the state rate is at 10.45.