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Hogan Announces New COVID Testing Plans for Allegany County

November 6th, 2020 by WCBC Radio

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that state health officials will open a COVID-19 testing facility at the Allegany County Fairgrounds. The governor said the site comes in response to growing infections in the county and will be operated in partnership with the county health department. Allegany County now has the highest Covid case rate in the state, and Hogan is pledging support to local governments that desire implementing additional restrictions…

 

The governor singled out Allegany County, he says, as one area of the state that initially offered resistance to the CDC guidelines to address the virus. He says the county is now paying the price…