pandemic
Video: Novant’s epidemiologist on masking, COVID trends pre-Thanksgiving
Nov. 23. COVID trends are up, more like August when the Delta variant was starting to wreak havoc with hospitals nationwide. But Dr. David Priest, chief epidemiology officer at Novant Health, says it’s fine to go maskless during Thanksgiving celebrations indoors if everyone is vaccinated. Over the last 14 days COVID hospitalizations are up 7 […]
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. 4
Nov. 4. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services coronavirus today reported 2,201 new cases of the coronavirus statewide, up from 1,777 new cases yesterday and 1,214 new cases the day before. Hospitalizations fell to 1,173 statewide today, from 1,194 yesterday. Deaths The NCDHHS also reported 20 new COVID-related deaths today. Testing The statewide […]
COVID update Nov. 3: Positivity rate improves
Nov. 3. The number of North Carolinians hospitalized due to COVID-19 climbed in today’s NC Dept. of Health & Human Services coronavirus update, ending 10 straight days of declining hospitalizations due to the pandemic. Meanwhile, the director of the Centers for Disease control has endorsed a two-dose series of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5-11, […]
COVID update Nov. 2: 10th day of fewer hospitalizations
Nov. 2. The number of North Carolinians hospitalized due to COVID-19 has fallen for a 10th straight reporting day, according to data released this afternoon by the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services Hospitalizations The NCDHHS today reported 1,150 people hospitalized in North Carolina due to COVID. Two months ago on Sept. 2, there […]
COVID update: Hospitalizations fall for 8th straight day
Oct. 29. COVID-19 hospitalizations have fallen an eighth straight day to 1,335 statewide, according to today’s NC Dept. of Health & Human Services coronavirus update. The volume of new cases in today’s report eased to 2,366 from 2,493 new cases yesterday. Today’s volume is more in line with the early days of the Delta spike, […]
COVID update Oct. 22: NC positivity rate under 5%
Oct. 22. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported COVID-19 hospitalizations under 2,000 for a fifth straight day. The volume of cases eased to 2,609, down from 3,003 yesterday. There are 1,693 North Carolinians hospitalized, down from 3,400 hospitalized on Sept. 22. Meanwhile, Politico is reporting that the director of the Centers […]
COVID update: Hospitalizations remain down statewide, but new cases up
Oct. 21. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations under 2,000 for a fourth straight day, but new cases have climbed for two days in a row. There are 1,763 North Carolinians hospitalized, down from 1,811 hospitalized as of yesterday. The NCDHHS at noon today reported 3,003 new cases, […]
