He beat the coronavirus, now he's sharing his story to give hope to others.

A Howard County man is recovering after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 about two weeks ago.

DIAGNOSED WITH COVI━19 ABOUTTWO WEEKS AGO.

HE WASEVENTUALLY CLEARED BY THECOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ONFRIDAY AFTER HE WASQUARANTINED FOR 14 DAYS.

THE40 YEAR OLD SPOKE TO WMA━2NEWS RAY STRICKLAND ABOUT THEDIAGNOSIS, HIS RECOVERY ANDHOW THEROF TUNNEL FOR PEOPLE WHO AREINFECTED.“I just didnhappen to me” More than twoweeks ago0 year old MathenoHowell Bey was in Floridacelebrating his birthday.

Butfor other reasons, it becameone he will never forget.“Inmy mind I was like you knowsomething is” He toldus over FaceTime, A coupledays after flying back home,he started to get fl━likesymptoms.He was fatigued, hada fever and he says he woke upin puddles of sweat.

"I justgot worse and worse where Icould barely move.

I was kindof nervous.

I went to theemergency room” That night iswhen he found out his symptomswere not of the flu but ratherCOVI━19.

He believes he gotthe virus on the plane backfrom Florida*You see peoplewho were totally healthy.

Yousee people who were fine.

Yousee they have an early demisefrom it.

It starts to reallyfreak you out” Afterreceiving the devastatingnews, Howell Bey quarantinedat home for about 14 days.“Canlove on your wife.

Cananything at all but look atthe same room everyday.

It walike groundhog day” HowellBey says he ended uprecovering quickly, gettingbetter after just A FEW days.The Howard County HealthDepartment cleared him lastweek.“I was dealt a good handas good of a hand you can getwith this disease” He nowwants his story to give peoplehope.

His recovery an examplethe virus isn't a deathsentence.

At the same hegrateful for life, knowingCOVI━19 is deadly&alreadykilling more than 20 people inMaryland and thousandsnationwide.

For that reason,he wants people to take itseriously and listen to thegovernorthe virus from spreading.“Everybody isnwas” In Howard County RayStrickland WMA━2 NewsMARYLAND STATE TROOPE