Cecil County Has Second COVID-19 Death: Nursing Home Patient Dies; County Exec Freezes Budget

A second Cecil County resident has died of the COVID-19 virus, the Cecil County Health Department reported Monday afternoon, after a man in his 80’s — who was a patient at the Calvert Manor nursing home in Rising Sun—died of the virus after an outbreak among patients and staff emerged in the past few days.. “Our condolences go out to the family and friends of the patient,” said County Executive Alan McCarthy. “Now more than ever, we must come together as a community to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect our county’s most vulnerable residents.” Lauren Levy, the county’s Health Officer, also said that a special state Health Department and National Guard “strike team” that the county had asked to be deployed to Calvert Manor visited the facility Saturday afternoon and determined that the facility was “taking appropriate steps to contain the outbreak.” She also said that the county health agency had obtained “additional testing supplies” from ChristianaCare/Union Hospital in Elkton “to identify any new cases” at the nursing home. The county previously recorded one other fatality from the virus, a man in his 80s with underlying medical conditions, who died at Union Hospital. As of mid-day Monday (4/13/2020), […]