Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday he has lifted â effective immediately â all COVID-19 mass-gathering social restrictions on indoor and outdoor capacity limits while keeping certain mask mandates and recommendations in place.
The end of most restrictions is designed for the 46% of North Carolinians ages 16 and older who are considered as fully vaccinated, as well as the 51%, or about 4 million, who have received at least one dose.
Cooper said it was prudent of his administration to take nearly 24 hours to review the CDC s recommendations and its implications for North Carolina before choosing to adhere to the updated guidance.
Cooper called these latest restrictions lifting steps as great news for the people of North Carolina.
Forsyth County s daily number of new COVID-19 cases is stabilizing in the mid-40s following what a local infectious disease expert considered as a mini-wave in late April.
The average daily count is 45 over the past 14 days, which represents the lowest level for a two-week span since October, according to the Forsyth Department of Public Health.
The span had been as high as 67 in mid-to-late April.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Friday that Forsyth had 37 new cases and no additional deaths.
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.
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Half of the adults in North Carolina have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the state Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.
The DHHS COVID-19 dashboard lists 3.89 million adults with one dose, or 50.1%, and just under 3.3 million as fully vaccinated, or 43.1%.
Meanwhile, with 1,798 new cases reported Thursday, the state moved closer toward having 1 million North Carolinians infected by the coronavirus since mid-March 2020.
The statewide count is now at 978,566.
âThis is a significant milestone toward our goal of stopping the spread of COVID-19 and bringing summer back to North Carolina,â said Dr. Mandy Cohen, the stateâs health secretary.
Daily COVID-19 case counts increased modestly in Forsyth County and statewide after reaching four-week lows on Tuesday.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday that Forsyth had 44 new cases. That s up from 27 in Tuesday s report â the lowest daily count since 13 were reported on April 6.
The average daily case count in Forsyth has been at 62 over the past two weeks. That was up from 45 in the previous two-week period, according to Forsyth health director Joshua Swift.
Overall, there have been 35,494 cases in Forsyth during the pandemic.
No additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported, with the total remaining at 374.
Forsyth reported 27 cases, the lowest daily count since 13 were reported on April 6.
The average daily case count in Forsyth has been at 67 over the past two weeks. That was up from 45 in the previous two-week period, according to Forsyth health director Joshua Swift.
Overall, there have been 35,450 cases in Forsyth during the pandemic.
No additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported, with the total remaining at 374.
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.
Statewide numbers