A Year Ago Maryland Reported Its First COVID-Related Death
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- A year ago today, March 18, Maryland reported its first coronavirus-related death.
Gov. Larry Hogan made the announcement that a man in his 60s from Prince George's County had died from the virus. He suffered from an underlying medical condition.
At the time we were all still learning about COVID-19. That morning the state had only reported 80 positive COVID cases.
A year later, 7,929 Marylanders have died from the virus -- 14 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. As of Thursday morning, 396,746 positive cases have been reported over the span of the pandemic in Maryland.
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