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Lee County health officials said 44 more COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last week. In total, there have been 5,549 cases and 73 county deaths since the pandemic began.
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Johnston County health officials are reporting a COVID-19 cluster at Cleveland Elementary School.
NCDHHS defines a cluster as a minimum of five cases with illness onsets or initial positive results within a 14-day period and plausible epidemiologic linkage between cases.
Johnston County school officials told ABC11 the impacted classroom moved to remote instruction following the first case and there are no plans to close the school.
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