Owings Mills Among Baltimore County Hot Spots For Coronavirus

OWINGS MILLS, MD — Owings Mills is among the hot spots for coronavirus in Baltimore County. There are 245 people with the virus in the 21117 ZIP code, health officials reported Tuesday.

Overall, Baltimore County is reporting 3,430 cases and 142 deaths, with another 15 deaths believed to be related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, with test results pending.

Baltimore County has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the state Tuesday among Maryland's 24 jurisdictions, based on state health data. Prince George's has the most confirmed cases, with more than 7,800, and Montgomery County, with more than 5,500. Baltimore City has the fourth-highest number with more than 2,600, followed by Anne Arundel County with more than 2,000 cases.

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These ZIP codes have the most coronavirus cases, according to Baltimore County health officials:

• 350 cases — Catonsville (21228)
• 286 cases — Randallstown (21133)
• 262 cases — Parkville (21234)
• 245 cases — Owings Mills (21117)
• 231 cases — Gwynn Oak (21207)

In Maryland, officials say 27,117 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus.

The 21228 ZIP code is listed among the state's top 10 for coronavirus cases.

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These symptoms of the coronavirus can appear two to 14 days after exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.

Last week Baltimore County opened coronavirus testing sites in Owings Mills and Randallstown.

Here are the four Baltimore County-run coronavirus testing sites:

• Owings Mills VEIP station, 11510 Cronridge Dr., Owings Mills, MD 21117
• Liberty Family Resource Center, 3525 Resource Dr., Randallstown, MD 21133
• Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Rd., Timonium, MD 21093
• Dundalk Health Center, 7700 Dunmanway, Baltimore, MD 21222

The number of confirmed cases of the virus is expected to climb with more testing, after the state secured 500,000 test kits from South Korea last month and Gov. Larry Hogan ordered universal testing at nursing homes in Maryland.

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