Wicomico County’s COVID cases up 109.5%; Maryland cases surge 47.5%

New coronavirus cases leaped in Maryland in the week ending Sunday, rising 47.5% as 12,162 cases were reported. The previous week had 8,243 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Maryland ranked 20th 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.