coronavirus
COVID update Nov. 22
Nov. 22. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,383 new coronavirus cases—down from 2,000-plus new daily cases on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last week. The statewide positive test rate climbed from 5 percent on Thursday and Friday last week to 6.3 percent in today’s NCDHHS report. The Mecklenburg County positive test […]
COVID update: Mecklenburg positivity rate 5.6% over past 14 days
Nov. 19. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,401 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. The statewide positive test rate stayed at 5 percent, while Mecklenburg County’s 14-day average rose a tenth of a percentage point to 5.6 percent positive. The volume of new cases statewide rose on Wednesday, Thursday and […]
COVID update Nov. 18: Statewide positivity rate falls, Mecklenburg holds at 5.5% average
Nov. 18. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,392 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. The statewide positive test rate fell back to 5 percent, from 6.1 percent, from 7.8 percent yesterday. Earlier this month, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners lowered the threshold for lifting the county’s mask mandate. Once […]
COVID update Nov. 16: Statewide positive test rate at 7.8%
Nov. 16. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,339 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. The statewide positive test rate climbed to 7.8 percent. The Mecklenburg County positivity rate was again at 5.4 percent over the past 14 days. There have been no new COVID-19 deaths in North Mecklenburg since Oct. […]
COVID update Nov. 15: Positivity rate up; new cases, hospitalizations down
Nov. 15. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,361 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. The statewide positive test rate climbed to 6.2 percent, meanwhile Mecklenburg County’s positivity rate is coming in at 5.4 percent over the past 14 days. Hospitalizations Today’s NCDHHS report put statewide hospitalizations at 1,039, down from […]
COVID update Nov. 12
Nov. 12. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,926 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. The statewide positive test rate was 4.4 percent, as per NCDHHS; the Mecklenburg County positivity rate was reported at 5.3 percent, and on a downward track over the past 14 days. Hospitalizations The NCDHHS put statewide […]
COVID update Nov. 10
Nov. 10. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,156 new cases of the coronavirus statewide. The statewide positive test rate was 5 percent, as per NCDHHS; for Mecklenburg County the 14-day positive test rate was 5.3 percent. Hospitalizations The NCDHHS reported statewide hospitalizations at 1,095 today, down from 1,097 yesterday. Deaths […]
COVID update Nov. 9
Nov. 9. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,243 new cases of the coronavirus statewide, as well as a 5.9 percent positivity rate statewide. Hospitalizations The NCDHHS reported statewide hospitalizations at 1,097 today, up from 1,040 yesterday. Deaths The NCDHHS today reported 19 new COVID-related deaths statewide. In Mecklenburg, today was […]
COVID update: Lifting mask mandate a real possibility as positive testing trends down
Nov. 8. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,103 new cases of the coronavirus statewide, as well as a 5.1 percent positivity rate — just above the the goal of 5 percent. Meanwhile, Mecklenburg County Commissioners have lowered the threshold for lifting the county mask mandate. Instead of requiring the County’s […]
COVID update Nov. 5: Positivity rate 4%
Nov. 5. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,997 new cases of the coronavirus statewide, down from 2,201 new cases yesterday. The statewide positivity rate is 4 percent—under the goal of 5 percent. Hospitalizations The NCDHHS reported statewide hospitalizations at 1,144 today, down from 1,173 yesterday. Deaths The NCDHHS today reported […]
