COVID surging: Maryland reports 16,083 new cases, Wicomico 193 in week

New coronavirus cases leaped in Maryland in the week ending Sunday, rising 32.2% as 16,083 cases were reported. The previous week had 12,162 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Maryland ranked 14th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States increased 31.8% from the week before, with 796,108 cases reported.