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Young people can get very sick | Doctors encourage continued caution, vaccinations, as hospitals see younger age groups sick with COVID-19 Cone Health Chief Physician Executive Dr. Bruce Swords said the average age of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is shifting to younger groups than in the past. Author: Marissa Tansino (WFMY News2) Published: 5:17 PM EDT April 16, 2021 Updated: 9:40 PM EDT April 16, 2021 GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — The push to ...

The county also reported an additional death, bringing the toll to 368. Forsyth was reported 95 new cases Thursday and 76 on Wednesday, while the statewide new count was 2,434 on Thursday and 2,359 on Wednesday. Twenty-eight deaths were reported statewide, bringing the total to 12,387. DHHS lists COVID-19 cases and deaths on the day they are confirmed by medical providers and public health officials so people may have been infected or have died days before their cases were counted. The total...

New COVID-19 cases in Forsyth County and statewide have increased enough in recent weeks — particularly among young adults and youths — that local infectious disease experts are cautioning about a mini-surge. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday that there were 95 new cases in Forsyth and 2,434 statewide. That’s up from 76 and 2,359 in Wednesday’s DHHS report. The increase in daily case counts comes as North Carolina is about six weeks into the ...

And that concerns Dr. Christopher Ohl, an infectious disease doctor at Wake Forest Baptist Health. “Prom is going to be a challenge and, just frankly, not a very good idea,” Ohl said earlier this week. “It epitomizes all the things we tell people not to do.” He revisited that sentiment during his weekly news conference on Thursday. Proms, by their nature, are typically fraught with behaviors that come with risk during a pandemic — slow dancing, eating, mingling. That do...

We have to make sure the vaccines are safe | Top Triad doctors weigh in on Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause Its important to remember we still dont know if the six cases of blood clots in people who got the one dose vaccine are linked to the shot. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 9:06 PM EDT April 13, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — EDITORS NOTE: The video associated with this article is from a previous story. Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations are on pause as the...

Winston-Salem Dash to honor local doctor with bobblehead giveaway Dr. Christoper Ohl is being honored at the Dash game for his work during the last year of the pandemic as a Triad infectious disease expert. Author: Chris Venzon (WFMY News2) Published: 4:43 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 5:03 PM EDT April 8, 2021 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — During their opening weekend of the 2021 season the Winston-Salem Dash will give away 1,000 Dr. Christopher Ohl bo...

Meanwhile, those same numbers remain at their lowest levels of the year in Forsyth County. The latest report from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, released Tuesday, lists a statewide positive test rate of 7% based on 16,045 tests performed Sunday. It’s the highest daily level since 6.8% on March 14. The rate had dropped to 3.4% on March 9 — the lowest since last May. Dr. Mandy Cohen, the state’s health secretary, has said a statewide positive test rate of 5% or l...

Since the pandemic began a year ago, 363 Forsyth County residents have died of COVID-19.

All that stood between Jones and an 80-yard touchdown run was unobstructed green turf. Then something happened. Only about 12 yards from a goal line, Jones inexplicably stumbled and fell, as if an invisible defender had leaped and stretched and made a shoestring tackle. Down Jones went, clumsily and ingloriously. As trailing teammates caught up, they both gave him congratulatory pats … and laughed. The spill has played on highlight reels over and over. As of Thursday on YouTube, it had rec...

Here, you can find up-to-the-minute information on the coronavirus in the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina and the surrounding region. Click the video player above for the latest information from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Sign up for our Newsletters Live Updates: 10:15 p.m. Thursday: Guilford County is scheduling vaccine appointments for anyone 16 and older. About 8,000 appointments are available for Monday, April 5, through Saturday, April...