Mecklenburg County reports youngest COVID-19 death Mecklenburg County reported its youngest COVID-19 death (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | January 13, 2021 at 9:36 AM EST - Updated January 13 at 9:49 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A 22-year-old died of COVID-19 in the Mecklenburg County area, health leaders announced Wednesday morning, becoming the countyâs youngest virus death.
Public Health Director Gibbie Harris made the announcement during a briefing a day after issuing a stay at home directive for Mecklenburg County.
âWe had our youngest death yesterday. We had a 22-year-old die of COVID-19 in our community,â Harris said. âThat is not acceptable.â
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Updated 11:15 Jan. 13
Until Tuesday afternoon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools was ready to bring students back for in-person classes next week. But a late-breaking message from the county health director sent the district scrambling for a new plan.
Parents and employees had expected the CMS board to decide Tuesday night whether all schools would reopen next week. Now they have to wait for an emergency meeting Thursday.
That’s because Mecklenburg County Public Health Director Gibbie Harris surprised school officials with a directive saying schools should go fully remote for the next three weeks because of “exponential growth” in COVID-19 cases in the community.
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CHARLOTTE – The COVID-19 Vaccine has now been tested and is safe and very effective. This shot will give people back control of their lives and get them back to see the people and places that they love. Scientists have been working on vaccines for decades for similar viruses, which gave them the head start to create an effective and safe vaccine for COVID-19. The virus has affected the whole world as no other virus has in our history. People are ready to get out of their homes, travel, see their family in nursing homes, and get back to the “new” normal.
As of January 15th, there were 74,885 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with 675 deaths due to COVID-19 reported among Mecklenburg County residents.
âThe worst perfect storm.â How the second COVID surge is ravaging NC nursing homes. Jodi Cooper is a nurse who works in the COVID unit at Olde Knox Commons in Huntersville, NC. The facility has been in outbreak status for about a month. (Source: Jeff Siner JSINER@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM) By Alison Kuznitz | January 9, 2021 at 10:44 AM EST - Updated January 9 at 10:50 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Charlotte Observer) - For nearly all of the pandemic, not a single resident at Olde Knox Commons tested positive for COVID-19, even as the virus ravaged other nursing homes and long-term care facilities across Mecklenburg County, officials say.