Announcements for Thursday, Jan. 7:
Onslow County has received new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Jan. 6. Positive cases now total 10,209, with 80 deaths and 8,758 cleared. Onslow County is at 14.8% positive, while the state is at 17.8% positive.
For specific demographic data, the state website now includes additional local demographic information at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/cases and a local view of testing and percent positive tests at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/testing. The total reported by the state for Onslow County is often about a day or so behind our county’s verified totals.
Covid-19 vaccinations are available for persons 75 years or older, call the Citizens Phone Bank at 910-989-5027 to register for an appointment.
Nohora Bejarano receives her COVID-19 vaccination during a drive-through clinic run by Atrium Health in Charlotte on Tuesday morning. Photo: Atrium Health
Since North Carolina received its first allocation of the vaccine against COVID-19, North Carolina Health News has been inundated with queries from readers as to where they can find information on getting vaccinated.
As of early January, the state is in the early phases of the vaccine rollout, vaccinating people in groups 1a, which is health care workers fighting COVID-19 and long-term care staff and residents, and 1b, adults 75 years or older and frontline essential workers.
As manufacturing and distribution speed up, the state will proceed into different phases. Some counties will move into different phases at different times depending on the number of health care workers, older adults, prisoners, teachers and other priority groups.
As North Carolina continues its coronavirus vaccine rollout, more local health departments and hospitals will soon begin offering vaccines to people 75
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CARTERET COUNTY â The Carteret County Health Department received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines Monday and will soon begin distributing it to those with the highest risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
The health department received 100 initial doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. In a release, the county said it is following guidance from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services for distribution and vaccination order. Vaccinations will first be administered to those who fall under Phase 1a of the stateâs vaccination plan, which includes health care workers and staff and residents of long-term care facilities.
County health officials said vaccination of other groups will not begin until they are confident all Phase 1a vaccinations are complete. No appointments remain for the current limited supply of vaccines. County Health Department Nursing Director Kim Davis noted the health department has already registered and vetted all those who will receive the