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Audio version of this story. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper spoke Tuesday, joined by Covid-19 task members and faith leaders. Cooper warned of potential scams related to vaccines and continued to caution against holiday travel. He also urged families to gather, and worship, remotely. Governor Cooper says that while some Covid-19 numbers, including the 7-day rolling average of new cases and the percentage of positive tests, have plateaued over the last two weeks - they remain too high. (You can find North Carolina s Covid-19 data dashboard Ninety-two of North Carolina’s 100 counties are currently seeing critical or substantial community spread, designated as red and orange on the state’s ....
Gov. Cooper urges vigilance with the holidays standing between the general public and the vaccine Gov. Cooper urges vigilance with the holidays standing between the general public and the vaccine By Caroline Hicks | December 22, 2020 at 5:26 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 6:54 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - As of Tuesday, at least 24,500 healthcare workers have gotten their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina. The state health department is now reporting these numbers by county on their website. Each hospital is working to effectively vaccinate as many healthcare workers as possible. Novant Health, for example, has a goal of vaccinating 1,000 healthcare workers system-wide each day. In addition to week two allocations of the Pfizer vaccine, hospitals are starting to get the Moderna vaccine. ....
From Staff Reports The McDowell County Health Department reported Tuesday that 50 additional McDowell County residents have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). And McDowell is now a red county in the statewide COVID-19 County Alert System. The latest number brings the total number of positives to 2,685 in McDowell County. As of Tuesdayâs report, there were 29,732 tests conducted, 26,762 negative results and 285 tests are pending results. Presently, there are 429 individuals in quarantine, 2,211 out of quarantine and 45 deaths. McDowell Countyâs 14-day positivity rate is 16.7%, according to a news release. The red classification means that there is a critical community spread of COVID-19 in a county. ....
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