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DOBSON Surry County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and 911 Center employees are being honored during the week of May 16 through 22 as part of National EMS Week. Staff will be recognized in a proclamation read by the Surry Board of County Commissioners at the Board’s regular meeting on Monday, May 17 at 6 p.m. in the Board Room of the Historic Courthouse, located at 114 W. Atkins St. in Dobson. EMS employees who have made life saves will also be recognized at the meeting.
In 2020, Surry County EMS employees responded to 22,633 calls for service and Quick Response Units answered 3,927 calls in their response areas with numerous lifesaving interventions. That large workload was handled by a Surry County staff of approximately 100 EMS and 27 Emergency Call Center employees.
EMS Week kicks off May 16th with the theme “This is EMS: Caring for our Communities”. EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week is an annual week-long recognition of the role of EMS by the American.
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SunStar Taming the virus: US deaths hit lowest level in 10 months
USA. In this May 2, 2021, file photo, people line up to receive a Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the one-time pop-up vaccination site located 16th Street beach on the sand in Miami Beach. (AP)
+ May 14, 2021 COVID-19 deaths in the United States have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day the lowest level in 10 months with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and, on some days, hitting zero.
Confirmed infections have fallen to about 38,000 per day on average, their lowest mark since mid-September. While that is still cause for concern, reported cases have plummeted 85 percent from a daily peak of more than a quarter-million in early January.