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The Daily News If Onslow continued the growing December trend of positive coronavirus cases or even slightly increased that growth, theoretically everyone in the county would have caught the virus by the end of 2021. That is no longer the case . Pun intended. Onslow announced Wednesday afternoon they have observed a decrease in positive cases throughout the county, along with the overwhelmingly positive news of no fatalities to report. Looking back over the last two weeks, the data certainly supports the decrease in cases, in some places, it s almost half. In a media release to The Daily News, officials reported a reduction of new cases per day compared to Onslow s highest per day rate in December. Since Monday afternoon s update from County Manager Sharon Russell, the county reported 147 new positive cases. ....
The Daily News During the first weekly briefing of Onslow County s COVID-19 statistics on Monday, officials announced the county has hit the century mark for virus-related deaths. What followed was news that will affect vaccination efforts for weeks to come. Over the weekend, Onslow counted five new coronavirus fatalities including four over the age of 65-years-old, bringing the total number to 104 deaths during the pandemic. There were also 308 new confirmed positive cases since the last update on Friday as the county has cleared 11,491 cases. Onslow continues to increase the number of vaccinations given on a daily basis but the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services threw them and other Eastern North Carolina counties a curveball. Hospitals and health departments were told they needed to finish off their remaining amount of doses before being allocated more. ....
The Daily News The Onslow County Sheriff s Office has done their best to keep away the threat of coronavirus from inside the Onslow County jail. However, on Thursday, deputies received the news that several detention officers have tested positive. Information released by the county that afternoon originally said seven officers had tested positive, but that number increased to 12 and also includes one inmate as of Friday at 1 p.m., according to Col. Chris Thomas. Over the last week we have a total of 12 officers who have tested positive and the one inmate, who is asymptomatic, has been removed into an isolated cell, Thomas added. If there are other inmates that come back positive they will also be isolated. ....
Nohora Bejarano receives her COVID-19 vaccination during a drive-through clinic run by Atrium Health in Charlotte on Tuesday morning. Photo: Atrium Health Since North Carolina received its first allocation of the vaccine against COVID-19, North Carolina Health News has been inundated with queries from readers as to where they can find information on getting vaccinated. As of early January, the state is in the early phases of the vaccine rollout, vaccinating people in groups 1a, which is health care workers fighting COVID-19 and long-term care staff and residents, and 1b, adults 75 years or older and frontline essential workers. As manufacturing and distribution speed up, the state will proceed into different phases. Some counties will move into different phases at different times depending on the number of health care workers, older adults, prisoners, teachers and other priority groups. ....
As North Carolina continues its coronavirus vaccine rollout, more local health departments and hospitals will soon begin offering vaccines to people 75 ....