coronavirus
Helpful Q&A on face masks
Now that wearing a face covering in public has become mandatory in North Carolina, some people are starting to consider wearing a mask for the very first time. Meanwhile, some people declining to wear masks have said the requirement infringes upon personal freedom and is an example of government overreach. Yolanda Enrich, a family nurse […]
Gap between weekly new cases and monthly narrows, hospitalizations hit 994
July 8. Cases of the coronavirus continue to increase in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina. Today’s daily report from the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services shows 1,435 new cases statewide for a total of 77,310 since the COVID-19 outbreak began here in March. Based on Johns Hopkins University data, the median daily number […]
Rates of COVID-19 spread: NC vs. 47 states in June
July 1. The novel coronavirus continues to set unprecedented standards regionally and across the United States. Cornelius Today compares national data through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering‘s data with NCDHHS’ daily updates. In these charts, CT compares state-by-state new cases in June to their percent increase or decrease from May to June. […]
COVID-19 continues to worsen but outbreaks over at 2 nursing homes
June 29. Outbreaks of the coronavirus at four nursing homes in North Carolina—including two in Mecklenburg County—are over, according to a new report from the NC Dept. of Health & Human Resources. The NCDHHS says the outbreaks at Autumn Care in Cornelius and The Pines in Davidson have ended based on an official definition: An […]
More COVID-19 cases; face mask mandate tomorrow
June 25. A day after Gov. Roy Cooper extended Phase 2 and mandated face masks in public, at least 57,183 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus and 1,290 have died, up 19 from yesterday. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday reported an additional 1,009 cases of the […]
New COVID-19 cases still climbing, perhaps more slowly
June 16. By Dave Yochum. It looks like there’s another, smaller increase in new coronavirus cases statewide, according to NC Dept. of Health & Human Services data. North Carolina recorded 751 new cases of COVID-19, down from 983 new cases reported yesterday. It makes for a total of 45,853 cases, but the two increases are […]
