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Six hospitals in the Cape Fear region are expected to start getting COVID-19 vaccines next week with at least one facility expected to receive doses Monday. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville is expected to receive 2,975 doses of the vaccine, according to state Department of Health and Human Services records. Bladen County Hospital in Elizabethtown and Hoke Hospital in Raeford, which are both part of Cape Fear Valley Health system, each will get 975 doses.  Cape Fear Valley offici...

“This year must be different,” he said. Green said residents should limit the size of their social circles. “Even small gatherings carry a risk,” she said. Green said 9.6% of tests performed over the past two weeks have been positive. She said health officials would like that number to be close to 5%. “Today is the time for us to come together to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our community,” she said. Mike Nagowski, CEO of the Cape Fear Valley Health system, said hospital officials...

Hospital officials who have spent months making sure their facilities have enough space, equipment and supplies for a spike in COVID-19 cases are worried now about having enough nurses to care for the influx of patients. Cumberland County and the surrounding area have been seeing increases in COVID-19, which is caused by a highly infectious coronavirus. Hospitals in the region are dealing with the worst cases. Statewide, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has nearly doubled in the past mon...