Coronavirus Patients Receive Care At Waugh Chapel Center - Odenton, MD Patch

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GAMBRILLS, MD — Waugh Chapel Center, a post-hospital rehabilitation and long-term care facility, will temporarily convert select units within the center to care for coronavirus patients. The goal is to assist hospitals in expanding their capacity while the facility helps with the care and recovery of COVID-19 patients. Waugh Chapel Center opened its doors to COVID-19 patients Monday.

"We're grateful for the partnership and proactive assistance from facilities like Waugh Chapel Center to aid Luminis Health and other Maryland area hospitals in the fight against COVID-19," said Deneen Richmond, chief quality and population health officer with Luminis Health. "By accepting COVID patients from Anne Arundel Medical Center and Doctors Community Hospital who are stable and need a place to recover, Waugh Chapel Center will help us open our beds for COVID and other patients who need care. We are safe, ready, and waiting, and encourage our community to seek care with us, if they are in need."

As of Monday morning, Anne Arundel County has a total of 2,893 positive new coronavirus cases, an increase of 37 cases from the day prior, according to the Anne Arundel County Department of Health, and 134 deaths, an increase of one death from the previous day.

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