A Meritus Health screening center is set up in the parking lot of the former Surrey School on Virginia Avenue in Hagerstown, Md., Thursday, March 19, 2020. According to Meritus spokeswoman Joelle Butler, the site is not yet open. The hope is to open next week. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)
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March 20, 2020 9:34 p.m.
Governor: 2nd Maryland death as cases 'dramatically rise'
Gov. Larry Hogan announced a second death in Maryland late Friday from the new coronavirus, warning the number of infections continues to “dramatically rise" with more than half of the state's nearly 150 known cases detected in areas near the nation's capital.