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North Carolina will get an initial 83,700 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine beginning Wednesday.

A local infectious disease expert provided an upbeat assessment today of Forsyth County’s COVID-19 situation.   Dr. Christopher Ohl says case rates are currently down to October levels of 26 per 100,000; COVID hospitalizations are the lowest they’ve been since last September; schools are re-opening; teachers are getting vaccinated; and roughly 35 percent of seniors have already received the vaccine.

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Forsyth County has experienced another four COVID-19 related deaths, while North Carolina had its second-highest daily death count, the state Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday.

Overall, 290 Forsyth residents have died of COVID-19, including nine reported so far for this week. DHHS semiweekly report on cases and deaths at long-term care facilities, released Friday, shows three additional deaths at Homestead Hills Skills Nursing of Winston-Salem since Tuesdays report for a total of six. There also were two additional deaths at Brookridge Retirement Community of Winston-Salem for a total of seven, and two additional deaths at Salemtowne Babcock Health Center of Winston-S...

The four key COVID-19 metrics moved in the same downward directions in Forsyth County and North Carolina. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Sunday an additional 48 deaths in the state, as well as none in Forsyth County. DHHS lists COVID-19 cases and deaths on the day they are confirmed by medical providers and public health officials, so individuals may have been infected or died days before their cases are counted. It was the lowest statewide daily death count since 35 ...

Meanwhile, there were 3,238 COVID-19 hospitalizations reported statewide, down 67 from Wednesdays total. It is the lowest daily count since 3,192 on Dec. 28. The record high is 3,990 reported on Jan. 14. Also, the states positive test rate plunged from 11.1% out of 26,269 tests conducted Monday to 7.9% out of 43,510 tests conducted Tuesday. It is the lowest daily positive test rate since 7.9% on Nov. 13. The record daily positive rate is 17.5% of the 25,882 tests conducted Jan. 4. DHHS reported...

North Carolina has seen some progress recently in its battle against COVID-19.

The latest deaths increase the countys total to 259 since mid-March. Forsyth reported 223 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, following up on 256 reported Wednesday. The overall number of cases in Forsyth is at 25,696, with the daily high of 430 cases reported Jan. 9. DHHS lists COVID-19 cases and deaths on the day they are confirmed by medical providers and public health officials, so individuals may have been infected or died days before their cases are counted. COVID-19 vaccinations in Forsyt...

Forsyth County will soon have three COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites, operated separately by Atrium Health, Novant Health Inc. and the county Department of Public Health. Atrium said Thursday it plans a mass-vaccination site in the Winston-Salem area through affiliate Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The site is part of a 1-million-dose public-private partnership initiative focused foremost on Charlotte. Novant announced Thursday its 1-million-dose initiative that will be allocated through si...