EASTON â University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, in anticipation of its hospitals being âbusier in the coming monthsâ than in the spring amid increasing COVID-19 spread, is regularly reevaluating its surge plans to address staffing shortages, the hospital systemâs spokesperson said. UM Shore Regional Health reported 15 confirmed COVID-19 infected patients last week hospitalized across its three hospitals in Easton, Chestertown and Cambridge, according to spokesperson Trena Williamson. Williamson said itâs not the most coronavirus-positive patients the hospitals have seen since the pandemic began, but she confirmed there were additional COVID-19 tests pending among patients. The number of cases and pending tests within the hospitals, she said, changes âby the minute.â