Late last week, both Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. announced that even though Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s was lifting coronavirus restrictions Friday, they were keeping some in place.

As of Sunday, Maryland reached nearly 39,000 cases of the coronavirus and a third-straight week of hospitalizations dropping down by 40 patients. This helped Hogan make his decision, but that hasn’t filtered down to the city and counties yet.

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[CBS Baltimore] “We are making progress, but we are not yet where we need to be to safely reopen,” said Dr. Maura Rossman, Howard County Health Officer.

Officials are citing their number of cases and lack of testing as enough reason to stay closed. In Baltimore County, they are operating under a modified reopening, where churches still cannot hold indoor services.

“If Walmarts open, it’s time for the churches to be open,” said David Gibbs, legal council for Calvary Baptist Church in Dundalk. But at Calvary Baptist Church in Dundalk, churchgoers defied the order.

“The governor opened churches back up, unbelievably your county has acted unconstitutionally,” Gibbs said.

Friendship Baptist Church in Baltimore City also defied the order. “We got a mayor saying we can only worship in our parking lots which is ridiculous,” said Rev. Alvin Gwynn Sr. Pastor. On Saturday, videos of a large crowd in the city from were shared by neighbors who said police responded in a helicopter to break it up.

“The stay-at-home order is still in effect,” police were heard saying.

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This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on May 17, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.

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