Coronavirus live updates: Here s what to know in North Carolina on Dec. 23 Simone Jasper, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Dec. 23 We re tracking the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus in North Carolina. Check back for updates.
Hospitalizations hit record high
At least 494,511 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus and 6,360 have died, according to state health officials.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday reported 5,609 new COVID-19 cases, up from 5,255 the day before.
On Wednesday, 69 newly reported coronavirus-related deaths added to North Carolina s deadliest month during the pandemic.
At least 3,043 people in North Carolina were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Wednesday the highest single-day total reported since the start of the pandemic. At the beginning of the month, the state reported 2,033 coronavirus-related hospitalizations.
Singer sewing machines in New York City. She was his todera
, or jack of all trades, helping with anything from bill collecting to mopping down the shop s floors. Soon,
Lay was able to use her savings to buy her first home in her 20s.
One property turned into six, purchased together with her parents and siblings over the course of three decades.
But with COVID-19, her tenants lost their jobs and couldn t make rent. Lay, too, fell behind on her mortgage payments and entered forbearance. Day by day, COVID is reducing everything that I have built, said Lay, now 54, who emigrated from Venezuela with her Chinese parents to the U.S. after high school.
Congress’ COVID-19 relief package falls short, advocates say, but staves off disaster for millions of renters
Orlando Sentinel 12/22/2020 Caroline Glenn, Orlando Sentinel
The $900 million relief package approved by Congress late Monday will save renters who without it faced losing their homes, but it isn’t enough, housing advocates say.
Along with aid for the distribution of vaccines, the long-sought package provides Americans with a one-time $600 stimulus check, half of what they received earlier in the pandemic; $300 weekly federal unemployment, also half of the previous deal; and extends the national eviction moratorium until Jan. 31.
Florida, where more than 30,000 evictions have been filed since April, will receive about $1.4 billion in rental assistance, to replenish city and county programs that have been drained since the last round of funding was approved in March.
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According to the Census Bureau, more than a million Texas renters are now behind on rent; three-quarters of them are families with children in the home. Even more renters have little confidence they’ll be able to make rent in January.
“There’s no question there’s a huge need for rental assistance so that people can stay in their homes,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn said.
Cornyn wasn’t fully briefed on the rental assistance details when he spoke to reporters about the deal on Monday afternoon, but said the goal is to help people who have “fallen through the cracks” of funding already laid out in the CARES Act.