Baltimore City officials urge people to wear face mask as COVID-19 cases increase

Baltimore City officials urge people to wear face mask as COVID-19 cases increase

EACH DAY IN MARYLAND.

THATTREND CONTINUED ON THURSDAYWHEN 892 NEW CASES WERE ADDED.THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBEROF CONFIRMED CASES TO MORETHAN 87- THOUSAND IN MARYLANDSINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN.

THENUMBER OF PEOPLE HOSPITALIZEDWITH COVID-19 ALSO INCREASEDON THURSDAY, BY14, TO NEARLYNEARLY 600..

139 OF THEM AREIN INTENSIVE CARE.

AND THESTATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTREPORTED THAT 10 MORE PEOPLEHAVE*DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OFCOVID-19, BRINGING THE STATE'SDEATH TOLL TO 3,357.IN BALTIMORE CITY, THE NUMBEROF POSITIVE CASES INCREASINGMORE QUICKLY, THAN OTHER PARTSOF THE STATE... WMAR-2 NEWSMEGAN KNIGHT IS LIVE OUTSIDETHE CITYIN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE.

ANDMEGAN, HEALTH OFFICIALS AREHOPING PEOPLE WILL BE MOREDILIGENT ABOUT WEARING MASKSTO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THEVIRUS..YOU CAN BE FINED UP TO FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR NOTWEARING A MASK.

BUT CITYOFFICIALS TELL US SO FAR, NOONE HAS BEEN FINED& ANDTHEYPEOPLE WITH IT.

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ESPECIALLYSINCE SO MANY CONTINUE TO BEOUT OF WORK.

SO AT THIS POINT&THEYTHE RIGHT THING AND WEAR AMASK.

AND STARTING TONIGHT ATFIVE OMANDATORY FOR EVERY MARYLANDEROVER THE AGE OF FIVE TO WEAR AMASK IN A PUBLIC BUILDING ANDOUTSIDE IF SOCIAL DISTANCINGIS NOT POSSIBLE.

THE CITYHEALTH COMMISSIONER DR.LETITIA DUR-AH-ZAH SAYSBALTIMOREALMOST 30 PERCENT HIGHER THANTHE STATENUMBERS KEEP GOING UPEVERYDAY.

THE CITY HAS TAKENSTEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OFTHE VIRUS SUCH AS GOING BACKTO BANNING INDOOR DINING& WEASKED DOCTOR DUR-AH-ZAH IF SHETHINKS MORE RESTRICTIONS NETO BE PUT IN PLACE.

”From ahealth perspective, I think wedefinitely need to heavilyconsider it.

The mayor andcity leadership team has toconsider multiple factors butcertainly as a public officialmy recommendation would be tolook at all of therestrictions we can put inplace to kind of get as backto where we were before.

THECITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERINGREDUCING THE FINE FOR NOTWEARING A MASK.

BUT ITCLEAR HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE.LIVE IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE MKWMAR-2 NEWS.THANKS MEGAN, SEVERAL NEWTESTING SITES AROUND MA