coronavirus
COVID update Aug. 13: New cases, hospitalizations increase
Aug. 13. The NC Dept. of Health and Human Services today reported 6,628 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, and 2,483 related hospitalizations as the Food and Drug Administration authorizes third doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for immunocompromised people. The NCDHHS today reported 20 new deaths statewide due to the coronavirus, one of them in […]
COVID-19 update Aug. 12
Aug. 12. The NC Dept. of Health and Human Services today reported 5,900 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, and 2,409 related hospitalizations, the highest number since early February. The NCDHHS today reported 16 new deaths statewide due to the coronavirus Testing Positive tests are coming back at the rate of 11.3 percent statewide. Mecklenburg In […]
Commissioner explains position on vaccine mandates
Aug. 12. By Dave Yochum. Cornelius Town Commissioner Michael Miltich is standing by comments he recently made on Facebook about employer-mandated COVID vaccinations. The retired physician, who joined an Aug. 7 protest against workers being mandated to take the vaccine, said the risks are not clear. “Government directly or indirectly restricting a class of individuals […]
COVID-19 update Aug. 10: Positivity rate 14%
Aug. 5. By Dave Yochum. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services is reporting a 14 percent statewide positivity rate for COVID-19, not far from the post-holiday peaks late last year and early this year. On Dec. 30 last year, the statewide positivity rate was 14.8 percent; on Jan. 6 it peaked at 17.8 […]
COVID-19 update: New case count remains above 4,000 for a second day
Aug. 6. North Carolina on Friday reported another big daily increase in new COVID-19 cases statewide: 4,506 new cases, up from 4,331 new COVID-19 cases yesterday. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services says statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are at 1,715, roughly triple mid-July levels. Positive testing statewide is at 10.6 percent, more […]
COVID-19 update: More than 4,000 new cases
Aug. 5. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services is reporting 4,331 new COVID-19 cases statewide, with the median number of new cases over the past seven business days running 213 percent ahead of the past 30 days. (See chart, data from Johns Hopkins) “New cases of COVID-19 are on the rise and most […]
COVID update Aug. 3: 58% of NC adults fully vaccinated
Aug. 3. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services Tuesday reported 2,188 new cases of the coronavirus statewide as well as a total of 1,465 hospitalizations due to COVID. Hospitalizations due to COVID are 25 percent ahead of the statewide total on Friday July 30. There were nine new COVID deaths statewide in Tuesday’s […]
County health director: ‘Get vaccinated, wear a mask’
Aug. 2. By Dave Yochum. With some hospital employees protesting new vaccination requirements, Atrium Health says science shows that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and continue to save countless lives. Atrium Health is requiring all workers to get vaccinated by Oct. 31; Novant Health by Sept. 15. The new, more contagious variants are causing […]
COVID-19 update Aug. 2: Volume of new cases down from Thursday/Friday
The median number of new COVID-19 cases over the past seven business days is running 46 percent ahead of the number of cases over the past 30 business days. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services Monday reported 2,190 new cases as well as as 1,359 hospitalizations due to COVID, more than triple the […]
COVID update: More than 2,600 new cases statewide
July 28. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,683 new COVID-19 cases statewide, compared to fewer than 500 a day during late June/early July. As the Delta variant digs in, the statewide positive test rate also increased, from less than 5 percent early this month to 10.8 percent in today’s report. […]
