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Alamance County continues to see decreasing weekly averages of new COVID-19 cases and positive test results. As of Feb. 1, the county reported 14,753 total cases and 213 deaths.
This reflects 608 new cases reported in the last week and five new deaths.
Of the 14,753 total confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak, 13,264 of them have recovered and been released from isolation. As of Monday, 1,276 remained active cases, 64 people were hospitalized and 213 people had died from the virus, according to the Alamance County Health Department.
More than 20,300 close contacts had been identified, with most of them having been released from isolation by Monday.
More than 300 people received their first COVID vaccine on the first day of the vaccination clinic. Author: Adaure Achumba Updated: 7:14 PM EST January 27, 2021
DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. Hundreds of teachers and other employees with Davie County Schools received their first COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. It was the first day of a district-wide vaccination exercise for employees and was designated a remote learning day.
The second day for the vaccination exercise is scheduled for Feb.19 which is also a remote learning day, DCSD officials said.
District officials said they would provide more information for parents regarding the remote learning day.
More than 300 hundred teachers and staff turned up for the vaccination exercise.
Some Triad health departments seek vaccination clinic volunteers
Health officials with Alamance and Davidson counties say there s a need for support and licensed medical volunteers. Author: Adaure Achumba Updated: 8:40 PM EST January 26, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. The limited state supply of COVID-19 vaccines has trickled down to Triad Health Departments as they struggle with mass vaccination programs.
The vaccination process is a huge task that has so far gone slower than people would like.
But Triad County Health department leaders said they are facing the challenges head-on despite a limited supply of vaccines. We have been able to ramp up a vaccination process in the last few weeks to thousands of people every week, said Dr. Julia Vann, director at Guilford County Health Department.
Tracking daily COVID-19 cases at Elon University, in Alamance County and in the state of North Carolina. Elon University data includes isolation/quarantine numbers.
The county will also start giving second doses of the coronavirus vaccine to healthcare workers next week. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 10:26 PM EST January 20, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. The rush to vaccinate people is getting better but Triad health officials said there s still work to do.
Nearly 2,000 people a day are being vaccinated in Guilford County and there are still many others waiting to get vaccinated.
County officials said it could take weeks to vaccinate people 65 and up before moving on to the next phase of vaccinations.
Guilford County opened new vaccine appointments Wednesday morning. Emergency Management Director Don Campbell said online appointment slots were gone within 30 minutes. Over the phone appointments were filled by noon.