Garrett County Has Highest 7-day Positivity Rate in the State
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team Garrett County leads the state in 7-day positivity rate with 15.3% compared to the state rate of 7.5%. The county 7-day case rate per 100,000 is 71.4 compared to the state rate of 45.8. The total positive COVID-19 tests...
Garrett County Reports Statistics for December 14th
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team Garrett County’s current total positives for COVID-19 is at 1,240, with the addition of 50 news cases since the Garrett County Health Department’s last report on Friday, December11th. The total county deaths due to...
Garrett County Reports Statistics for December 11th
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department received 60 additional positive COVID-19 results since the last report on Wednesday, December 9th, bringing the current county total positives to 1,190. The current comparison of...
Reminder: FREE Community COVID-19 Testing Today @ the MEDCO Building in the McHenry Business Park – Thursday, December 10, 2020
Garrett County Health Department, with the help of local partners and volunteers, is conducting free COVID-19 testing on Tuesdays (9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and Thursdays (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), at the MEDCO Building in the McHenry Business Park, located off Bumble Bee Road...
Garrett County Reports 14 Total COVID-19 Related Deaths
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department received 86 additional positive COVID-19 results since the last report on Monday, December 7th, bringing the current county total positives to 1,130. The Health Department was also...
GCHD Streamlines COVID-19 Testing, Expects to Reduce Wait Time
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department has contracted with a different testing laboratory for the community COVID-19 testing events on Tuesdays and Thursdays in an attempt to speed up the process of receiving test results....
Garrett County COVID-19 Cases Continue Increasing
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department received 75 additional positive COVID-19 results since the last report on Friday, December 4th, bringing the current county total positives to 1,044. The Health Department was also...
New Quarantine Options for Close Contacts without Symptoms
Joint Release from Garrett and Allegany County Health Departments The CDC continues to recommend a 14-day quarantine period for people determined to be close contacts to someone with COVID-19 and who do not have symptoms. The 14-day period is the gold standard...
Garrett County COVID-19 Cases Nearing 1,000
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department received 172 additional positive COVID-19 results since the last report on Wednesday, December 2nd, bringing the current county total positives to 969. The current comparison of...
Garrett County Reports Statistics for Wednesday, December 2nd
By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department received 19 additional positive COVID-19 results since the last report on Monday, November 30th. In addition, notices of death due to COVID-19 complications was received for three...
