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TRACKING COVID-19 1216

98 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations climb

Dec. 16. By Dave Yochum. As frontline healthcare workers receive the first coronavirus vaccines, the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services is reporting increases in statewide hospitalizations and positive […]

OPINION: Help is on the way. But first we have to dig deep

Dec. 11. OPINION. By Roy Cooper. When I announced North Carolina had its first known COVID case on March 3rd, most of us didn’t expect to be living like this in […]

Gov. Cooper at press conference

COVID-19 vaccine coming for those most at risk ‘in a few weeks’

Dec. 1. By Dave Yochum. As cases of COVID-19 rise steadily, NC Gov. Roy Cooper said free COVID-19 vaccines are on the way in a few weeks, but “we need […]

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Daily new COVID-19 increase climbs back over 3,000 statewide, record hospitalizations

Nov. 17. By Dave Yochum. With Gov. Roy Cooper set to address North Carolina this afternoon, the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services reported 3,288 new cases of COVID-19 […]

NC Gov. Roy Cooper

Phase 3: Theaters, bars may reopen at reduced capacity Friday 5 pm

Sept. 30. Explaining that most businesses are open but many North Carolinians are still afraid to patronize them, North Carolina will move “cautiously” into Phase 3 Friday afternoon. Gov. Roy […]

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Positive COVID-19 test rate rises to 6.5% statewide; steady around 4.3% in Mecklenburg

Sept. 30. The NC Dept. of Health and Human Services reported 1,495 new cases of COVID-19 statewide as well as 38 new related deaths today. New cases, of course, lead […]

Video still from Gov. Coopers Sept. 1 press conference.

Safer at Home 2.5 begins Friday; gyms can open at 30%

Sept. 1. NC Gov. Roy Cooper says Safer at Home Phase 2.5 commences this Friday at 5 pm. After five-plus months, businesses like gyms, bowling alleys, museums and aquariums can […]

Op-Ed: Congress must extend unemployment benefits

OPINION. July 23. By Gov. Roy Cooper. Next week, thousands of North Carolinians who are out of work due to COVID-19 will see a drastic reduction in their unemployment benefits […]

Using Johns Hopkins data, we compiled a chart of North Carolina's new confirmed cases of COVID-19 per day from June 15 through July 15. The state's average number of new daily cases since June 15 is 1,535 and its median is 1,488. The past 7-day average and median are 486 and 410 cases higher at 2,021 and 1,898

COVID-19 cases climb 2,160 statewide

July 16. By Dave Yochum. Mecklenburg County had 410 new cases of the coronavirus overnight, according to the daily report from the NC Dept. of Health & Human Services. Mecklenburg, […]