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With COVID-19 cases surging, Gov. Roy Cooper asks school boards to reconsider optional masking for staff and students.

Mask-optional school board urged to reconsider plan by infectious diseases expert; county health department resume gift card offer Friday

Cone Health, Wake Forest Baptist health experts explain what's behind COVID-19 spread in our area--and how to fix it A CDC map showed the Piedmont Triad area has high and substantial spread. Experts discussed what's behind that. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 11:54 PM EDT July 29, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — The state continues to see spikes in COVID-19 cases not seen since the winter.  CDC community spread data shows high and substantial rates of spread in the Triad. A map shows counties like Stokes and Davidson with the highest rates while Guilford and Forsyth...

As the COVID-19 delta variant has produced a five-month high in new cases and a two-month peak in hospitalizations, Gov. Roy Cooper’s irritation with unvaccinated North Carolinians is growing as well. For several months, Cooper has preferred accentuating the positives of getting fully vaccinated and praising adults – at 57% statewide on Thursday – who have reached that status. Yet, Cooper chose Thursday to emphasize he is “discouraged” by “an update that we didn’t want to bring today.” Both federal and state dashboards are showing currently that between...