coronavirus
COVID update Feb. 28: Fewer than 1,000 new cases today
Feb. 28. New COVID cases took a tumble in today’s coronavirus report, falling below the 1,000 mark for the first time since July last year, The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 909 new cases and 1,618 people hospitalized with COVID statewide, down more than two-thirds in the space of a month. Deaths […]
COVID update Feb.25
Feb. 25. New COVID cases have climbed for three straight days, hitting 4,887 in today’s NCDHHS coronavirus report. Today’s increase is still dramatically lower than the 13,017 new cases logged in on Jan. 25. Hospitalizations Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to plunge: 1,861 in today’s report, down from 5,055 on Jan. 25. Deaths All that […]
COVID update Feb. 24: Positive testing statewide under 8%
Feb. 24. Hospitalizations due to COVID have fallen under 2,000 for the first time since late December. The NCDHHS puts the total at 1,982, down 13.6 percent since Monday. The NCDHHS also reported 59 new COVID-related deaths statewide, three of them in Mecklenburg County. Today’s new case volume was 3,650, more than double Tuesday’s new […]
COVID update: Positive tests under 10% statewide
Feb. 23. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,123 people hospitalized statewide due to COVID—down 4 percent in a single day. The NCDHHS also reported 94 new COVID-related deaths statewide, two of them in Mecklenburg County. Today’s new case volume was 3,470, the highest so far this week, but still 43 […]
COVID update: Much lower case volume and hospitalizations, but 2 more deaths in Huntersville
Feb. 22. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,215 people hospitalized statewide due to COVID. The NCDHHS also reported two more COVID-related deaths in Huntersville. There was also a new death attributed to COVID yesterday in Huntersville. Today’s new case volume was 1,716, less than 5 percent of the daily case […]
COVID update: Hospitalizations down again; new death in 28078
Feb. 21. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported that there were 2,296 people hospitalized statewide due to COVID, down 55 percent from the peak Jan. 27. Today’s new case volume was 2,060—down 95 percent from Jan. 13, the peak of new cases. Deaths There were 89 new deaths statewide between Friday’s COVID […]
COVID update Feb. 18
Feb. 18. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported that there were 2,634 people hospitalized statewide due to COVID, down 43 percent from one month ago. Today’s new case volume was 4,871—down from 31,902 new cases logged on Jan. 18. Deaths Nevertheless, there were 87 new deaths statewide attributable to COVID-19, according to […]
COVID-19 update Feb. 16: Will Mecklenburg drop mask mandate?
Feb. 16. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 6,079 new COVID cases today—higher than the past two days but 16.4 percent lower than the average number of new daily cases last week. Hospitalizations also fell—to 2,872 statewide, the lowest number since Jan. 3 and 44 percent lower than the peak reached on […]
Novant adjusts visitor restrictions in Huntersville, system-wide
Feb. 16. As COVID-19 levels have declined regionally, Novant Health announced it will begin to adjust visitor restrictions, effective today. Most patients hospitalized at Novant Health facilities in North Carolina will be allowed to have an unrestricted number of visitors aged 12 or older, with limits remaining in place in certain areas and/or as needed […]
COVID update Feb. 15: New cases down by 90% in a month
Feb. 15. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 2,888 new COVID cases today—the lowest daily increase since Dec. 21 last year. Hospitalizations also fell—to 3,042 statewide, the lowest number since Jan. 4. The daily volume of new cases, from Jan. 14 to Feb. 14, is down 90 percent (35,759 vs. 3,383). Deaths […]
