Bel Air Coronavirus: 41 Cases In ZIP Codes 21014, 21015: Official

BEL AIR, MD — Harford County Health Officer Russell Moy said the peak may have passed in Maryland for the new coronavirus, according to the latest projections. The peak refers to when hospital resources would be in the highest demand.

The last time he briefed the County Council, Moy said projections called for the virus to peak in Maryland around April 18.

As of Tuesday, he said the model had shifted, showing a peak in Maryland of Saturday, April 11 — three days ago.

In Harford County, Moy said 147 cases of the virus were confirmed and no deaths were reported as of Tuesday, April 14.

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Six ZIP codes in Harford County have at least 13 cases of the new coronavirus, Moy said Tuesday, noting the state began releasing ZIP code breakdowns Sunday in areas where there were at least eight cases so as not to violate privacy laws in areas where there were not many people who tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus.

Here is where Moy said the most cases were in Harford County:

• Bel Air: 41 cases (24 in ZIP 21015 and 17 in ZIP 21014)
• Edgewood: 32 cases in ZIP 21040
• Abingdon: 14 cases in ZIP 21009
• Forest Hill: 13 cases in ZIP 21050
• Joppa: 13 cases in ZIP 21085

"We’re sort of holding our own," Moy said, since Harford County was one of a handful of counties that had not had a death reported from COVID-19. Others are Allegany, Caroline, Garrett, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and Worcester, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

"It's only a matter of time before an infection will take place in a nursing home," he said, and that would require an influx of resources to contain the spread of the virus.

"Methodologies are just methodologies. You just have to see how the numbers trend," Moy said. "Whether we peaked already or not ... we're just going to watch the trend."

Experts have said regardless of how the numbers are trending, people must continue to practice social distancing such as staying at least 6 feet apart and not gathering in groups of 10 or more, to prevent the virus from spreading. There is currently no treatment and no vaccine for COVID-19.

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