Maryland’s most urgent federal priority is a Stage 4 stimulus package.
NEW CASES
POSITIVITY RATE ALL-TIME PAST MONTH
CASE RATE PER 100K
HOSPITALIZATIONS
4,516 MARYLANDERS 268,000 AMERICANS LIVES LOST TO COVID-19
SURGE MEASURES TO DATE ● +6,000 beds, expanded manpower ● Fast-tracked licensing process ● Activated the Maryland Responds Reserve Medical Corps
SURGE MEASURES TO DATE ● Adding alternate care site capacity ● Staffing support for nursing homes ● Limiting hospital visits ● Enabling overburdened hospitals to transfer patients
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ADDITIONAL SURGE ACTIONS ● “Early exit” encouraged for qualified healthcare students ● Counties encouraged to tap school nurses, health services staff, other employees ● Hospitals and nursing homes urged to free up nursing staff
ADDITIONAL SURGE ACTIONS ● Hospital patient surge plans due December 8 ● Hospitals should immediately begin making adjustments
ADDITIONAL SURGE ACTIONS ● The Health Services Cost Review Committee is reinstating emergency policies to provide more financial stability to hospitals
DR. DAVID MARCOZZI COVID-19 INCIDENT COMMANDER, UMMS SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR TO THE GOVERNOR
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