SIX NEW COVID CASES; VAX CLINIC SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK

There have been six new COVID-19 cases reported this week in Allegany County, but no additional deaths. The local positivity rate is 1.78 per cent, as compared to the state rate of 2.73 per cent. The Health Department has scheduled another walk-in COVID vaccination clinic on Wednesday, on the ground floor of the Willowbrook Office Complex, from 9 to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m. As of the end of July, 40.7 percent of all Allegany County residents are fully vaccinated. The state reports 58.8 percent of all Marylanders have received one of the three vaccines.