STATE-WIDE COMMUNITY EFFORTS:

General
- Here is the Covid Connect registry where those who have recovered can sign up and get info: https://health.maryland.gov/covidconnect/Pages/Home.aspx
- Thousands of Marylanders have answered the call to volunteer their time and talents with the Maryland Responds Reserve Medical Corps. If you have a background in health care, or if you have other skills that can support our state’s response, sign up athttp://mdresponds.health.maryland.gov.
- There is now a Maryland Unites website, which allows residents state-wide to seek ways to volunteer and help their neighbors: MarylandUnites.org
- https://wpoc.iheart.com/featured/st-pierre/content/2020-03-18-advice-from-a-teacher-to-parents-who-now-have-their-kids-at-home/
  - Jeff St. Pierre of 93.1 WPOC's wife Amanda, who is a teacher, offered some great advice and resources for having your kids at home now.
- https://wpoc.iheart.com/featured/st-pierre/content/2020-03-18-baltimore-fitness-instructors-and-gyms-offering-free-and-live-workouts/
  - One of Jeff St. Pierrie's close friends is big into the fitness scene in town and a freelance writer for Baltimore Magazine and compiled a list of local fitness instructors and gyms that are offering free and live workouts while we're all stuck inside.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-update-safeway-hiring-for-1000-jobs-in-maryland-virginia-dc-area/
  - Safeway is hiring more employees to handle the increasing needs of shoppers throughout Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Delaware as people are continuing to shop and stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
- https://www.wbaltv.com/article/coronavirus-religious-services-online-livestreams-in-maryland/31749412
  - Many Baltimore-area churches and places of worship are offering their services online so as to avoid mass gatherings of people amid the coronavirus outbreak.
- Grubhub- Click here for the press release about the below.
  - Delaying company revenue so more cash flow goes back to local businesses
  - Matching all promotions run by independent restaurants
  - Created the Grubhub Community Relief Fund to help their drivers & restaurants via a donate your change option on orders
  - Contact free delivery option- for the safety of the patron and drivers, drivers will call/text when they arrive and drop off your order on the doorstep, lobby or other area designated by patrons

Anne Arundel County
- https://www.wbaltv.com/article/coronavirus-annapolis-neighbors-say-pledge-of-allegiance-together/31915454
  - Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance may have started as a way to keep a little familiarity for the kids, but it didn't take long for the whole cul de sac to join in.
- https://www.wbaltv.com/article/annapolis-moms-support-others-in-need-during-coronavirus-outbreak/31901180
  - The coronavirus could have a devastating impact on families already struggling to get by. With that concern in mind, a group of moms in Annapolis got together to help.

Baltimore County
- https://www.wbaltv.com/article/owings-mills-uproar-church-food-distribution/31970741
  - A Baltimore County church is working with the Maryland Food Bank to provide food for families impacted by coronavirus.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-latest-baltimore-county-grocery-drive-and-go-distribution/
  - Baltimore County is expanding its drive-and-go grocery distribution to help families during the coronavirus pandemic.
- https://www.wmar2news.com/news/coronavirus/daycare-for-children-of-first-responders-to-open-monday
  - With Governor Larry Hogan ordering all child day cares to shutdown amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some area schools are opening their doors to take care of those children of first responders and essential personnel working on the front lines to contain the virus.
- https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/educationfamily/twelve-tips-to-transition-to-homeschooling-like-a-pro

Local homeschool teachers share tips for parents to find clarity amidst the chaos.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/towson-hot-bagels-shows-appreciation-hospital-workers-coronavirus-outbreak/31905229
- Towson Hot Bagels packed up more than 200 bagels to send to the staff at Sinai Hospital.
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-latest-towson-university-donates-unused-lab-equipment-to-st-josephs-medical-center/
- Professors at Towson University’s nursing and biology departments donated unused lab equipment to St. Joseph’s Medical Center as classes shifted online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Baltimore City
- Under Armour has begun to manufacture and assemble face masks, face shields and specially equipped fanny packs for the 28,000 health care providers and staff at University of Maryland Medical Systems
  - https://about.underarmour.com/news/2020/03/under-armour-innovation-leaders-and-teammates-join-fight-against-covid-19
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/29/ummc-delivers-boxed-meals-to-families-in-need-during-covid-19-pandemic/
  - The University of Maryland Medical Center is delivering food to Baltimore City families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/28/restaurants-donating-food-nurses-doctors-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
  - After a long day of work, one team of doctors at Johns Hopkins was looking for a hot meal. They called Brick Oven Pizza known as B.O.P. in Fells Point to order pizzas, but when the owner learned they were healthcare workers he decided to treat them.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-latest-grocery-store-safety-guidleines-covid-19/
  - In addition to constantly wiping down keypads and shopping carts, stores like Giant, Safeway and Harris Teeter are putting up plexiglass barriers between customers and cashiers.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/27/coronavirus-latest-baltimore-city-hires-squeegee-kids-to-distribute-meals-during-covid-19-pandemic/
  - The Mayor’s Office of Children & Family Success staffed several sites with squeegee kids to distribute meals from Family League at several sites around the city. So far the youth have assisted in serving 6,900 meals at eight sites.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/video/4495129-t-rowe-price-donates-100k-n95-masks-to-johns-hopkins-umms/
  - T. Rowe Price donated more than 130,000 N95 masks to a number of U.S. hospitals, including Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, to help health care workers treating coronavirus.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/26/wawa-is-giving-free-coffee-to-all-health-care-workers-first-responders-working-during-covid-19-pandemic/
  - Wawa wants to honor those working on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic, by refueling them with free coffee!
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-in-baltimore-53000-meals-distributed-across-city-so-far/
  - As part of the city’s emergency food distribution efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the city says it has distributed 53,000 meals at 92 sites throughout the city.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-latest-maryland-national-guard-covid-19-pandemic-baltimore/
  - Members of the Maryland National Guard who are fully activated will carry out any necessary emergency functions and support local and state organizations in their efforts to combat, test and treat patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-latest-maryland-first-responders-restaurants-give-back/
  - The restaurant has raised over $4,000 and has offered free meals to all first responders and hospital workers who are on the front lines to fight COVID-19.
- Hotel Revival Baltimore, located at 101 West Monument Street, is offering complimentary guestrooms for all Response service individuals including emergency medical and essential hospital personnel, fire fighters, who are working long shifts during the state of emergency. This also includes all essential staff who are still able to operate and working through the Stay-At-Home Order. Please reserve your guestroom through the end of April by checking-in with your government issued photo ID. Our doors are open and you are welcome at anytime of day or night to arrive. Visit djvhotels.com/revival or call 410-727-710

Carroll County
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-customer-leaves-1000-tip-mount-airy-maryland/
  - A generous customer left a sizeable tip for servers at the Mount Airy Inn Monday as that restaurant and others across Maryland prepared to close their doors due to the coronavirus.
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/22/coronavirus-birthday-party-parade-poolesville-maryland/
  - “Then, one of the friends came up with an idea. The friend had heard of people celebrating by driving by with signs and cheering, so just like that Hunt Franklin and her friends planned a surprise party with a social-distancing twist: a mini-parade!”
Howard County
- https://www.wbaltv.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-howard-county-dj-chris-kopec-big-donations-medical-professionals-breakfast-sandwiches/32020551

Howard County DJ scores big donations to feed medical professionals amid coronavirus pandemic

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/28/5-year-old-surprised-with-parade-after-canceled-birthday-party-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/
- A little girl in Columbia had to cancel her fifth birthday party amid the coronavirus pandemic. Friends and family of Layla Dexter, however, wanted to make sure she still had a celebration.

Grubhub- Click here for the press release about the below.
- Delaying company revenue so more cash flow goes back to local businesses
- Matching all promotions run by independent restaurants
- Created the Grubhub Community Relief Fund to help their drivers & restaurants via a donate your change option on orders
- Contact free delivery option- for the safety of the patron and drivers, drivers will call/text when they arrive and drop off your order on the doorstep, lobby or other area designated by patrons

STATE-WIDE SCHOOL UPDATES:

As of March 25th, 2020, all Maryland public schools will continue to be closed until April 24th, 2020.
University System of Maryland has issued a statement that all undergraduate face-to-face instruction will shift to remote instruction for the rest of the semester. It will be up to presidents, provosts, deans, and department heads to work out detailed plans that allow students to complete their work and to fulfill all of their requirements.
- USM universities will not be holding traditional, in-person commencement ceremonies.
There are now more than 350 meal distribution centers for students across the state of Maryland.
- 3 meals a day for MD kids - Find locations at MDSummerMeals.org
Anne Arundel County
- All AACPS schools and offices are closed to the public through Friday, April 24, 2020. Limited and essential personnel will be working from central and satellite offices during that time.
- Anne Arundel County Public Schools will serve free meals to children ages 2 to 18 at 52 sites across the county from Monday through Friday between now and April 24. Children will receive breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a single pickup. Adults may not pick up meals for children. https://www.aacps.org/mealpickup
- Given how rapidly the disease has spread and the response efforts locally, nationally, and within the DoD, the Superintendent of The U.S. Naval Academy announced Mar. 18 the decision to delay the return of the Brigade of Midshipmen from spring break until further notice, with the intent to start online/remote academic instruction on Friday, Mar. 20.
Baltimore County
- Governor Larry Hogan and State Superintendent Dr. Karen Salmon announced on March 12 that all Maryland public schools must close in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. In light of this announcement, all BCPS schools will be closed from Monday, March 16, through Friday, April 24.
- In addition to the previously announced free meals available from Baltimore County Public Schools, the school system expanded meal sites today and will begin providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner at all sites on Wednesday, Mar. 18.
- BCPS will be providing free Grab and Go meals for its students at 41 sites during the state-mandated closure of schools. Please continue to check the BCPS Coronavirus Updates webpage for the latest list.
  - Grab and Go lunch from the BCPS Office of Food and Nutrition Services is available on weekdays through April 24.
  - New sites added include Cove Village Apartments—Essex, Dulaney HS, Kings Point Shopping Center, Rosedale Library, and Sollers Point Multi-Purpose Center.
  - New sites include Carney ES, Chadwick ES, St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church on Eastern Avenue, and Woodmoor ES.
  - Students must be present to receive meals in the parking lots of the locations identified below on weekdays through April 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Towson University is transitioning to a distance-learning format beginning Monday, March 23 and will continue for the remainder of the semester
- UMBC classes will be taught online starting March 23, and will continue for the remainder of the semester.
Baltimore City
- Baltimore City Public School campuses will be closed Monday, March 16 - Friday, April 24.
  - If you would like to donate to City Schools in order to support the efforts to ensure schools and families have the resources they need during this time of school closure please go to www.ffee.org/donate.
    - All funds donated to the partners at the Fund for Educational Excellence between March 16 and April 24 will go towards City Schools' Emergency School Closure Family Support Fund.
    - Funds will be used to purchase essential supplies for families and schools, with a primary focus on purchasing 30lb boxes of food that can be sent home with families who visit the emergency meal sites.
- Coppin State University has told students to prepare to be away from the university at least until April 6, 2020.
- Morgan State University is extending online/remote instruction beyond the previously announced two-week interim period, thus officially ending face-to-face instruction for the remainder of the semester.
  - Students who are now staying on campus should begin making arrangements with their families/guardians to move out of the residence halls and return home for the remainder of the semester.
  - All students who are affected by the closure of on-campus housing will be issued pro-rated refunds for unused housing and meal plan fees.
  - Spring Commencement, which usually occurs during May, will be postponed and rescheduled for a later date.
- University of Baltimore will move all classes to remote (online) sessions on March 23 and continue in this virtual environment for the remainder of the semester.
- Loyola University Maryland will continue online-only instruction through the end of the spring semester. Classes will be offered online only beginning March 18.
- Johns Hopkins University in-person classes have been suspended through the end of the spring 2020 semester. Remote/virtual instruction will begin for all students no later than March 23.
  - The May 2020 university wide Commencement exercises will be held virtually (all in-person commencement ceremonies are cancelled). The university will work with their divisions and students on plans to gather the graduates together for virtual ceremonies this May and in-person celebrations at a later date.
  - All in-person, university events are suspended pending further notice, including tours, admissions events, and alumni events.
Carroll County
- Under the direction of State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon, all Maryland public schools, including Carroll County Public Schools, will be closed beginning Monday, March 16, through Friday, April 24. All CCPS and non-CCPS sponsored activities in our school facilities will be canceled.
- Carroll County Public Schools are participating in the Emergency Feeding Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge. https://www.carrollk12.org/Superintendent/CommunityMediaRelations/Documents/EmergencyMealDistribution.pdf
Harford County
- Per the announcement on March 25, 2020, from the State Superintendent of Schools, all Maryland public schools, including Harford County Public Schools, are closed from Monday, March 16, through Friday, April 24, 2020. All school sanctioned travel and school system activities, including fields trips and events are cancelled during this closure.
- Harford County Public Schools are participating in the Emergency Feeding Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge. https://www.hcpsmenus.com/
Howard County
- Maryland State Superintendent Dr. Karen Salmon directed that all Maryland schools close in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, all HCPSS schools will be closed Friday, March 13 at 6 p.m. through Friday, April 24. However, the school system is not shut down.
- HCPSS will provide free lunch and breakfast items, weekdays, March 17-April 24 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at nine locations throughout the county. Meals are available to any children 18 and under, and all HCPSS students regardless of age.https://news.hcpss.org/news-posts/2020/03/hcpss-to-provide-free-meals-during-school-closures-meal-service-march-17-27-2020/
Prince George’s County
- University of Maryland College Park is operating in a partial online environment as of March 18, with reduced operations the week of March 23, 2020. Starting March 30, 2020 and for the remainder of the semester, all classroom instruction will be conducted virtually.

STATE-WIDE GOVERNMENT UPDATES:

Informational links that are being updated in real time:
- https://governor.maryland.gov/coronavirus/
- https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/
As of April 10, 2020:
- Nursing home strike teams have responded to 9 nursing homes across the state and 15 group homes for medically fragile children.
  - Deputy Health Secretary Fran Phillips: Strike teams have helped 65+ medically fragile children in group homes to make sure they have proper protections; teams are currently in nursing homes
- Large scale testing initiative with University of Maryland being set up
- Decontamination unit will be set up at BWI Marshall Airport that can disinfect PPE
- Registry has been set up forcoronavirus survivors in Maryland
- Governor Hogan says the state of Maryland is immediately instituting a budget freeze on all state spending, except COVID-19 related expenses. Also instituting hiring freeze, as well, with state projecting $2.8 billion budget shortfall
  - There are exceptions to meet current employee payroll
  - Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot said the state could see a shortfall of nearly $3 billion during the final quarter of fiscal year 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
- Maryland is expanding online system for unemployment claims
- Dept. of Labor is doubling claims center staff to handle phone calls in Maryland for those filing for unemployment. Most Marylanders will receive first benefits in less than 21 days
- Marylanders who are eligible for unemployment insurance through the state will also now receive an additional $600 from the federal government
- A decision has NOT yet been made about whether or not public schools in Maryland will remain closed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As of April 8, 2020:
- Maryland has 5,529 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 1,158 cases since yesterday. This virus continues to spread in every jurisdiction, and as Gov. Hogan has been saying for weeks, the Baltimore-Washington corridor has become an emerging hotspot.
  - An increase in new infections is just one of the reasons for today’s significant jump in new cases. This is also due to the ongoing efforts to ramp up testing in Maryland, with more private labs coming onboard and the expansion of commercial lab capacity.
  - Today’s numbers reflect a tripling of the tests reported since yesterday. We are seeing commercial labs begin to clear their backlog of tests. More than 30% of the new cases reported today are for testing that was completed in March.
As of April 7, 2020:
- Field hospital @ Baltimore Convention Center has 250 beds
  - Will be for patients who no longer require hospitalization but still need care
- The state of Maryland has received 200 ventilators from FEMA. Now available for use for hospitals across the state.
- Trump administration will now consider the Baltimore Washington Corridor as a priority area- which means more attention & resources.
  - Includes: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll, PG, Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Howard, Harford, Queen Anne's, Calvert counties
- The number of Maryland nursing homes and long-term care facilities with confirmed cases of coronavirus continues to climb, with the number now reaching 90 facilities statewide
  - New “strike teams” developed to provide equipment and support to nursing homes. They include testing teams.
- Gov. Hogan orders demographic and racial data on COVID-19 patients to be released publicly
- The former Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb is joining Maryland's coronavirus response team
- Local health departments now have the power to take action against businesses they deem unsafe or are not complying to Gov. Hogan's orders limiting operations, or even shutting them down
As of April 3, 2020:
- Maryland now has clusters of COVID-19 outbreaks at 60 nursing homes
- 5 infants in Maryland are among those infected with coronavirus
- 51% of confirmed coronavirus cases younger than 50
- 416 Marylanders who tested positive for COVID-19 are currently hospitalized
  - Of those, 43% ads currently in ICU
- Emergency legislation was signed to expand telehealth across Maryland
- 2 more drive-thru coronavirus testing stations have been established in Columbia and in White Oak
- Gov. Hogan issued an emergency order prohibiting mortgage lenders from initiating foreclosure action
- Noon this Sunday: Hogan is asking Marylanders to join in on a moment of prayer and/or reflection to remember the lives lost to coronavirus and the workers on the front lines to help slow the spread
- Maryland Health Department Deputy Sec. Fran Phillips calls for universal masking at MD nursing homes and assisted living facilities
- 17 confirmed coronavirus cases in Maryland Corrections System breakdown:
  - 3 inmates
  - 8 contractual employees
  - 4 correctional officers
  - 2 parole and probation employees
- Dr. Karen Salmon, state superintendent of public schools, said school leaders are working on decisions about requirements and graduation for seniors
  - More than 880,000 student meals were served across MD last week
- There is a hotline for families who are concerned for their loved ones who are incarcerated
  - The Hotline: 410-769-6419
- Baltimore Mayor Jack Young said there are 313 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the city
  - He also said there have been 4 coronavirus-related deaths in the city

As of April 1, 2020:

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