BALTIMORE (AP) - State health officials in Maryland have reported 1,758 news coronavirus cases and 31 more deaths.
The Baltimore Sun reports that the new numbers were released Sunday following the Christmas holiday weekend.
This month has already seen the highest number of new cases since the pandemic began in Maryland. That’s more than 67,000 cases for the month of December, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
It could get worse. More Marylanders flew out of the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport last week than any other point since mid-March. As a result, experts predict a spike in transmissions.
Overall, the state has seen 267,198 confirmed cases since the pandemic began. There have been at least 5,545 deaths.
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