covid-19
COVID update: Aug. 17
Aug. 17. With a third dose of COVID vaccines soon to become standard procedure for coronavirus protection, the NC Dept. of Health and Human Services today reported 3,575 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, and 2,828 related hospitalizations. Hospitalizations statewide are about double levels at the beginning of August; on Aug. 2, 1,359 North Carolinians were […]
Novant’s chief epidemiologist discusses Delta variant, vaccines
Aug. 17. By Dave Yochum. Dr. David Priest, chief epidemiology officer at Novant Health, says the healthcare giant is gearing up to administer third doses of the coronavirus vaccine in a matter of days. He said his mother, a cancer patient in another state, has already received her third dose. During a media briefing this […]
COVID update Aug. 16: NC hospitalizations five times higher than mid-July
Aug. 16. The NC Dept. of Health and Human Services today reported 3,778 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, and 2,651 related hospitalizations. There were 54 deaths between Friday’s NCDHHS report and today’s. On July 16, there were 536 people hospitalized due to COVID in North Carolina, up from 492 on July 15. On Aug. 2, […]
Novant doctor: Vaccine hesitancy allows new COVID variants to appear
Aug. 13. The new COVID-19 surge caused by the delta variant is changing the still-new coronavirus landscape. Previously, the average hospitalized patient was in their 60s. Now that a lot of higher-risk populations have been vaccinated, the average age of the hospitalized patient at Novant Health has come down from 61 to 45. “It’s largely […]
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 update Aug. 11: New case volume up 154%
Aug. 11. By Dave Yochum. The NC Dept. of Health and Human Services today reported 4,963 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, the highest one-day gain in six months. The median number of new cases statewide during the past seven business days (4,331) is now running 154 percent ahead of the median number of new cases […]
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 […]
