covid-19
Johns Hopkins data: NC below region average in deaths per 10,000
Feb. 5. By Dave Yochum. Using Johns Hopkins’ Center for Systems Science and Engineering’s COVID-19 data, along with the US Census Bureau’s population statistics, we computed the number of COVID-19 deaths per ten thousand people in the Southeast United States. North Carolina is well below the region’s average number of deaths per 10,000, 13.34, at […]
National survey: NC ranks 33rd in COVID safety
Feb. 4. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make life difficult, it’s interesting to compare the states by coronavirus safety metrics. A new national survey from Wallet Hub puts North Carolina at No. 33 in terms of safest states, and South Carolina at No. 50. WalletHub took into consideration things like COVID-19 transmission, positive testing, […]
COVID warning flag: Watch those Super Bowl parties
Feb. 4. Days before the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, healthcare officials are cautioning against Super Bowl watch parties. “You don’t want parties with people that you haven’t had much contact with,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said on NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday. Comparing watch parties to holidays like […]
New cases of COVID-19 still trend down, in spite of one-time bump
Feb. 3. The median number of new COVID cases during the past week is still falling despite a one-time surge of 12,000 cases today due to delayed reporting in December and January. Based on data from Johns Hopkins University, the volume of new cases during the past seven days is down 13.87 percent compared to […]
Cooper, state officials urge return to in-person learning
Feb. 3. Gov. Roy Cooper and state education officials are calling on local school districts to return to in-person learning almost a year after schools were closed to help control COVID-19. “Research done right here in North Carolina tells us that in-person learning is working and that students can be in classrooms safely with the […]
Feb. 2 coronavirus update; more vaccines coming
Feb.2. The decline in the median number of new COVID cases over the past seven days compared to the past month is continuing in North Carolina. The new case volume is down 13.9 percent this past week compared to the past 31 days, based on data from Johns Hopkins University. One week ago, the decline […]
Key coronavirus metrics are down again
Feb. 1. By Dave Yochum. The median of the past seven days of new coronavirus cases in North Carolina is running 18 percent below the median number of new cases during the past 31 days, based on COVID-19 data complied by Johns Hopkins University. As of Jan. 26, the median of the prior week was […]
Volume of daily new COVID cases this past week down 11.7% from past month
Jan. 27. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 6,490 new cases of the coronavirus today, along with 131 new deaths due to COVID-19. The median number of new daily cases during the past week (6,096) is 11.7 percent below the median daily volume (6,811) over the past month, based on data from […]
NC No. 8 in terms of coronavirus restrictions, but is it paying off?
Jan. 28. By Dave Yochum. North Carolina is the eighth-most restrictive state when it comes to coronavirus restrictions, according to a WalletHub study which compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key metrics, including whether restaurants are open, face mask requirements and workplace temperature screenings. The COVID Tracking Project, which is […]
Refresher: Here’s what’s in the Modified Stay at Home Order
Jan. 28. With more than 3,300 people hospitalized in North Carolina due to the coronavirus and the percentage of positive tests in double digits, the Modified Stay At Home Order requiring people to be at home from 10 pm to 5 am has been extended by Gov. Roy Cooper. Here are some of the parts […]
