The 53 cases reported Monday afternoon by the health department brought the number of Carroll residents who came down with COVID-19 over the past year to 7,773. Nearly 2,400 more are probable cases, having tested positive on a rapid test.
Carroll’s number of new cases this week rose to 126, already higher than last week marking two consecutive weeks of case increases following seven consecutive declines in weekly totals.
“There has been a little bit of an uptick,” Maggie Kunz, health planner with the Carroll County Health Department told the commissioners. She elaborated that they are seeing an increase in cases among the younger age groups while older age groups continue to trend down.
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