Covid-19 Numbers: The weekly tri-county check-in portcitydaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from portcitydaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A little bit of local history was made on Thursday when Karen Herring became the first person in New Hanover County to be vaccinated for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Herring, a laboratory phlebotomist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, received her COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17. She was the first NHRMC employee to receive a vaccine as part of a trial run in advance of the full-scale vaccinations for hospital employees, which began Friday.
In a video provided by NHRMC, Herring said, Let me relax, as she prepared to get the shot with the vaccine from Jerry Burleson, manager of employee health at the hospital.
COVID spread in New Hanover less than in other North Carolina counties starnewsonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from starnewsonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gov. Cooper modified a stay-at-home order, which goes into effect today, Dec. 11, at 5 p.m. He also released an op-ed to all North Carolinians (see below). (Port City Daily/File)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY Covid-19 cases keep rising since the pandemic swept the nation in March. Friday, in New Hanover County, 8,034 cases and 67 deaths have been reported to the New Hanover County Health Department.
Five new deaths were reported this week, with patients ranging from ages 50 to 80 and having underlying health conditions. Public health is closely monitoring eight outbreaks and three clusters as well.
New Hanover Regional Medical Center, which serves patients in a seven-county area, is reporting treatment of 886 Covid-19 patients to date. It discharged 722, while 122 have died, and 46 on average have been hospitalized as of the data released on Friday, Dec. 4.
Hanover Co Health Dept offering free COVID-19 testing, flu shots nbc12.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nbc12.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.