The graph lines are ____ again. Cases of the novel coronavirus have ____ in Maryland, the District and Virginia after more than a month of ____ and ____, prompting fears of a surge similar to what is happening elsewhere in the country. Hospitalization and mortality rates so far have not increased, which could in part be because it usually takes weeks for the virus to seriously sicken and kill people. In addition, young people generally tolerate the virus better than older people. But if those young people infect their parents, grandparents and neighbors, hospitalization rates also could ____. A rise ____ case numbers was not unexpected, experts say, given the loosening of restrictions after a prolonged economic shutdown. But how the region will react — and be affected — hangs in the balance. “What we’re trying to avoid is the situation where cases ____ uncontrollably,” said Anne Arundel Health Officer Nilesh Kalyanaraman. “The challenge is we can only really tell in retrospect where that tipping point is.”

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