Covid-19 Cases Increase Again In Mecklenburg County, Delta Variant Discovered In 5 Cases July 17, 2021 CHARLOTTE — A new warning from Mecklenburg County health leaders. The highly contagious Delta Variant is now showing up across Mecklenburg County. This comes as the number of people getting infected with Covid-19 is rising again. Mecklenburg County health leaders are also concerned after an outbreak of the Delta Variant at a local shelter. “All of our numbers are going in the wrong direction,” says Public Health Director, Gibbie Harris. “Unfortunately, our 7 day average of cases was just reported this morning at 92, that’s an increase since the 14 day average of 74, so our number of cases is going up,” she says.