coronavirus
COVID update Oct. 6
Oct. 6. Statewide COVID-related hospitalizations remained under 3,000 for the fifth reporting day, but the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 133 new coronavirus deaths, including two in Huntersville. Tuesday’s congregate living report showed no new deaths at Huntersville Oaks or Olde Knox Commons. New cases The NDHHS today reported 3,598 new cases […]
COVID update Oct. 5
Oct. 5. Statewide COVID-related hospitalizations remain under 3,000 for the fourth reporting day in a row. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,705 people hospitalized due to the coronavirus, up 3.7 percent from yesterday. On Sept. 3 just before the Labor Day weekend, the NCDHHS reported 3,800 North Carolinians hospitalized due […]
COVID update Oct. 4
Oct. 4. Statewide COVID-related hospitalizations remain under 3,000 for the third reporting day in a row. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, which doesn’t report COVID data on Saturdays and Sundays, said there were 2,606 people hospitalized with the coronavirus, down from 2,882 on Friday. Today’s total is down 31 percent from Sept. […]
COVID update: Hospitalizations drop again
Oct. 1. Statewide COVID-related hospitalizations were under 3,000 again today, the second day in a row. The NC Dept. of Health & Human services reported 2,882 people hospitalized, down from 2,943 hospitalized due to the coronavirus yesterday. The number of new cases, however, rose to 4,963 today, from 4,765 new cases yesterday. The NCDHHS today […]
COVID update Sept. 30: 1 new death in Huntersville
Sept. 30. As YouTube launches a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation on the video sharing app, the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services is reporting that COVID hospitalizations have finally slipped below the 3,000 mark—2,943 statewide as of today’s NCDHHS report. The last time they were below 3,000 was on Aug. 18. Despite the […]
COVID Update: 2 new deaths in Cornelius, Davidson
Sept. 29. As many parents wait for the Pfizer vaccine to become available to children—not until November according to the Associated Press—the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services is reporting two new COVID-19 deaths in North Mecklenburg—one in Cornelius and one in Davidson. The pandemic death toll in Cornelius is 29; in Davidson, 17. […]
COVID update Sept. 28
Sept. 28. With the CEO of Pfizer predicting a more normal life within a year—in spite of new variants of COVID-19—the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services continues to report more moderate data. The NCDHHS said there were no new deaths in Mecklenburg County today. Hospitalizations statewide—3,073 as of today—have been under 3,500 for […]
COVID update: Positivity rate at 9%, hospitalizations down 20% from Sept. 1
Sept. 27. The COVID positivity rate statewide remained below 10 percent in NC Dept. of Health & Human Services Monday report, having been as high as 15.8 percent less than three weeks ago. New daily cases came in at 2,665 today, the lowest since the Aug. 10 report. Hospitalizations Hospitalizations fell to 3,012 statewide, down […]
COVID update Sept. 23: A new death in Davidson, first since Feb. 12
Sept. 23. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 5,953 new cases of the coronavirus and 71 new deaths statewide compared to 6,288 new cases yesterday and 130 deaths yesterday due to the coronavirus. One of the new COVID deaths was in Davidson, its first since Feb. 12. Hospitalizations Hospitalizations fell to 3,231 […]
COVID-19 update Sept. 22
Sept. 22. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services is reporting 6,288 new cases of the coronavirus statewide and 130 new deaths statewide since yesterday. Hospitalizations Hospitalizations fell to 3,400 statewide, down 64 from Tuesday’s NCDHHS report. Testing Positive tests are running at 11.4 percent statewide, in line with the past week. Mecklenburg County’s […]
