COVID-19 in Maryland

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has proposed a host of budget cuts due to COVID-19 and that includes some to education. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports some say the governor is depriving districts of funding right when they need it the most.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has outlined $190 million in federal COVID-19 relief for small businesses, higher education and nonprofit organizations

A spokeswoman for Maryland’s comptroller says he plans to oppose nearly a third of the budget cuts recently proposed by the governor

Maryland will receive $210 million for remote learning and tutoring to help schools and students most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Nearly 150 people are facing prosecution for violating the state COVID-19 emergency stay-at-home order this spring in Maryland, according to a review by the News4 I-Team. Gov. Larry Hogan’s March emergency declaration made it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison for individuals to make nonessential travel or congregate in large groups. According to the I-Team review,…

Nearly 150 people are facing prosecution for violating the state COVID-19 emergency stay-at-home order this spring in Maryland, according to a review by the News4 I-Team. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Employees at two Prince George’s County high schools tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement released by the district. An employee at Charles H. Flowers High School near Springdale and another at High Point High School in Beltsville tested positive for the virus, the district said. PGCPS encourages everyone to follow CDC guidelines to prevent further spread of...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed $50 million emergency legislation Monday to fund the response to the coronavirus and said 18 additional state residents are being monitored for potential exposure. Six state residents traveled on the same Egyptian cruise ship, though on different dates, as three Montgomery County residents who previously tested positive, the governor said at a news conference. Two…

Three people in Maryland were diagnosed Thursday with the coronavirus, in the first positive cases in the Washington, D.C., area. The patients, a woman in her 50s and a married couple in their 70s, live in Montgomery County and fell ill after taking a cruise in Egypt on the Nile River. They may have unknowingly exposed people in Maryland...

Two more Maryland residents tested positive for the new coronavirus, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Sunday. A man in his 60s is the fourth Montgomery County resident diagnosed with COVID-19. He caught the virus while traveling abroad and was hospitalized briefly. A Harford County woman in her 80s also caught the virus while traveling abroad. She is in the hospital. Neither…

More people are testing positive for coronavirus in the D.C. area. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Maryland’s health department says there is potential risk of exposure to the new coronavirus at a retirement community in Rockville, Maryland

Dozens of people may have been exposed to coronavirus at an event at a Rockville retirement community. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Three people tested positive for the new coronavirus after returning from a cruise overseas. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.