page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland
section_title: March 13
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland / Timeline of outbreak / March / March 13
caption_attribution_description: English: Governor Hogan Updates his Cabinet on the Coronavirus Pandemic by Patrick Siebert at 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Maryland in March 2020. The first three cases of the virus were reported in Montgomery County on March 5, 2020. As of August 29, 2020, the Maryland Department of Health reported 107,294 positive cases and 3,603 deaths in the state, with 6,124 patients released from isolation.
context_section_description: On March 13, a spokesperson for Hogan reported there were six new cases overnight, bringing the total number of positive cases in Maryland to 18. This included the first confirmed case in Carroll County, Maryland. Later that evening, Prince George's County executive Angela Alsobrooks announced a man tested positive, bringing the total number of cases to 19 in Maryland and 7 in Prince George's County.
  Bishop W. Francis Malooly of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, which oversees the Catholic Church for Eastern Shore counties, announced that he had "dispensed the Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Wilmington from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass". He also canceled all Public Masses, Catholic schools and religious education programs for two weeks beginning March 15.
caption: Governor Larry Hogan updates his cabinet on the pandemic
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