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July 14, 2021
WORCESTER COUNTY, MD- Deaths from overdoses rose in 2020 by nearly 30 percent or 90,000 deaths nationally.
Experts are attributing the increase to isolation and lack of interactions, pointing to how covid disrupted routines that many who struggle with addiction relied on.
“People going through addiction recovery, depend on routine and on community, on meeting others, going to the gym and all the things that people could not do as a result of this pandemic,” said Executive Director of Worcester Goes Purple Warriors Against Addiction Debbie Smollen.
Smollen’s organization works to hand out Narcan, a medication that can reverse the effects of an overdose, as well as counseling and rehabilitation services for those suffering from addiction in Worcester County.
OCEAN CITY, Md. The annual spring tradition in Ocean City of Springfest is set to return next week for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Springfest was canceled by the town last April as the pandemic began to take hold and communities, including Ocean City, shut down to slow the spread of the virus.
The cancellation of Springfest would go on to be one of many events to be canceled or postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, costing the town, businesses and vendors thousands in revenue.
Ocean City officials have been eager to bring back major events and with some changes and pandemic-related guidelines, many in Ocean City hope the event s return will signal the resumption of a more traditional spring and summer tourism season.
Sen. Comerford visits Orange clinic she helped link to county vaccine supply
Safety Officer Cam Dunbar, who also sits on the New Salem Board of Health, and state Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, welcome volunteers for the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School on Saturday morning. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE
Volunteers work together at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic Saturday at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange. STAFF PHOTO/ MARY BYRNE
As many as 270 doses were expected to be administered at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School on Saturday morning. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE
Sen. Comerford visits Orange clinic she helped link to county vaccine supply
Safety Officer Cam Dunbar, who also sits on the New Salem Board of Health, and state Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, welcome volunteers for the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School on Saturday morning. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE
Volunteers work together at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic Saturday at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange. STAFF PHOTO/ MARY BYRNE
As many as 270 doses were expected to be administered at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School on Saturday morning. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE
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Alabama
Gadsden: The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alabama topped 2,800 this week, as recent days have shown a steady climb and new record high inpatient counts – 2,804 on Tuesday – as the surge in cases continues. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the University of Alabama’s Division of Infectious Diseases director, said Alabama now is third in the nation in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita, behind Nevada and Arizona. She said Alabama is sixth in the nation in the number of COVID-19 cases per capita, after falling out of the top 10. On Christmas Eve, the number hospitalized was 2,458 across the state; on Christmas Day and on Saturday, it was 2,516, according to statistics published by BamaTracker. On Sunday, the number rose to 2,631; and it jumped significantly by Monday, to 2,802 people hospitalized.