RALEIGH â Nine months of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths in North Carolina. Nine months of rules governing how the state s residents live their daily lives â of shutdowns and virtual school, of closings and cancellations, of curfews and stay-at-home orders.
And last Friday, more than nine months into a pandemic that has killed more than 5,600 of the state s residents, a new rule: At 10 p.m., you need to go home.
A modified stay-at-home order with a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew is Gov. Roy Cooper s latest attempt to control the virus spread as the state breaks records, often daily, for cases, hospitalizations and deaths while waiting for vaccines.
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State revenue losses because of the COVID-19 pandemic may not be as bad as projected, Pasquotankâs lobbyist to the General Assembly said this week.
Jackson Stancil told Pasquotank commissioners that a projected shortfall of between $4 billion and $5 billion will probably be less than that. Stancil said that means Pasquotank and other counties could benefit from the additional money.
Stancil said the shortfall could be smaller because there has been a big jump in internet sales tax revenue as more people shop online because of the pandemic.
âIâm not sure that is accurate right now,â Stancil said of the original predicted shortfall. âWe are not as far behind as once anticipated.â
Today, Gov. Tom Wolf announced a three-week long set of regulations to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, which includes shutting down indoor.