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Coronavirus Today – April 6 – Modeling the spread, a holiday without large gatherings, National Guard to deploy

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Coronavirus Today – April 6 – Modeling the spread, a holiday without large gatherings, National Guard to deploy - North Carolina Health News

As coronavirus cases near 3,000, Sec. Mandy Cohen urged people to avoid large holiday gatherings. Meanwhile, experts study how caseloads will change with and without social distancing.

By North Carolina Health News staff Are we there yet? An independent collaborative of scientists and researchers from the Triangle held a news conference today presenting two very different scenarios for the state in its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. If North Carolina lifts its stay-at-home order at the end of April and simply returns […]

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Coronavirus Today – April 3 – Cooper urges people to stay home, Atrium and Novant ask for a field hospital

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Coronavirus Today – April 3 – Cooper urges people to stay home, Atrium and Novant ask for a field hospital - North Carolina Health News

NC officials have said they are fighting the coronavirus pandemic on many fronts and have implored the public to do their part and stay home.

By North Carolina Health News staff As Gov. Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina has gone beyond 2,000 cases of COVID-19 and lost 19 people to the highly contagious virus, he urged people to heed his stay-at-home order, especially as meteorologists forecast nice weather for the weekend. “I know it’s tempting to get away from […]

Coronavirus Today – March 31 – Utility shut-off bans, prison update, Fayetteville curfew

March 31, 2020 by Editor 5 Comments

Coronavirus Today – March 31 – Utility shut-off bans, prison update, Fayetteville curfew - North Carolina Health News

As the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients begins to rise, Gov. Roy Cooper asks for more help finding places to create alternate hospitals to handle the surge.

By NC Health News staff Governor kicks search for alternative care sites into high gear As North Carolina enters a phase in which the number of hospitalizations of people infected with COVID-19 is increasing rapidly, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday that he has started the process of scouting out places across the state that might […]

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Will North Carolina have enough hospital beds to handle the surge of coronavirus patients? The answer remains unclear.

March 26, 2020 by Rose Hoban 8 Comments

Will North Carolina have enough hospital beds to handle the surge of coronavirus patients? The answer remains unclear. - North Carolina Health News

Health care officials, hospital leaders, academics and others are all trying to determine how much “surge capacity” the state needs and where it should go. But there are almost endless variables to consider.

By Rose Hoban Yesterday, state health officials announced the first deaths of North Carolina patients who had acquired the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19. Both patients were reportedly older, and each had preexisting, underlying health problems. But it’s clear that not every patient with the disease is older. Mecklenburg County published data on its positive […]

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COVID-19 claims first lives in North Carolina

March 25, 2020 by Anne Blythe Leave a Comment

COVID-19 claims first lives in North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

First two coronavirus deaths were reported in North Carolina today. Governor laments that more are likely coming.

By Anne Blythe North Carolina reported its first deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after the first person in this state tested positive for the extremely contagious virus. A Cabarrus County man, in his late 70s with several underlying medical conditions, died on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health and […]

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Coronavirus today – March 23 – Cooper extends school closings, orders gyms, salons, barber shops, theaters to close

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Coronavirus today – March 23 – Cooper extends school closings, orders gyms, salons, barber shops, theaters to close - North Carolina Health News

As COVID-19 cases mount throughout the state, Gov. Cooper orders bars, salons, gyms and barber shops to close.

Gov. Roy Cooper has stopped short of ordering North Carolinians to “shelter in place,” as other highly populated states have done in their battles to slow the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic. Still, Cooper took a giant step on Monday toward forcing more residents to join the “stay at home movement” by announcing his plans to sign […]

Toni Henley says she is frustrated because her husband, Jeff, had to wait nearly a week to be tested for the COVID-19. Now he's being given hydroxychloroquine

Harnett County coronavirus patient now hospitalized, unproven drugs may be part of treatment

March 22, 2020 by Greg Barnes Leave a Comment

Harnett County coronavirus patient now hospitalized, unproven drugs may be part of treatment - North Carolina Health News

Jeff Hensley, 57, started feeling ill on March 4, now his wife says he's being treated with hydroxychloroquine, an old drug that researchers hope will be a "hail Mary" treatment for coronavirus infection.

By Greg Barnes and Rose Hoban Update: Jeff Hensley returned home Sunday, according to a Facebook post his wife, Toni Hensley wrote. “[H]e is tired and weak and still short of breath but he will be recovering at home with his personal home nurse,” she wrote. A Harnett County man with the coronavirus has taken […]

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Coronavirus Today – Friday, March 20 – Call for medical professionals, testing ramps up, closures and postponements

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Coronavirus Today – Friday, March 20 – Call for medical professionals, testing ramps up, closures and postponements - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina completes the first full week of working from home and kids being home from school, all while the number of coronavirus cases starts to climb.

North Carolina now has 137 confirmed cases in the novel coronavirus in 38 counties, according to the Thursday morning update by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Those include two cases of community spread, meaning cases where a person came down with COVID-19 with no known contact with an infected individual. Four people […]

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Coronavirus today – March 19 – first community spread, virus strains unemployment infrastructure

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Coronavirus today – March 19 – first community spread, virus strains unemployment infrastructure - North Carolina Health News

As North Carolina reports its first case of COVID-19 community spread, state prepares for caseload surge.

North Carolina is moving into a new attack phase against the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, that has been upending almost every aspect of daily life for more than two weeks. North Carolina has its first known case of COVID-19 spreading through community contact, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Thursday. That case is in Wilson County, where […]

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Coronavirus Today – Friday, March 13

March 13, 2020 by Editor

Coronavirus Today – Friday, March 13 - North Carolina Health News

A national state of emergency follows what was done in North Carolina several days ago. Plus state institutions took more actions to prepare.

National state of emergency Today, President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency to deal with the coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping the U.S. and the globe. In the wake of widespread outbreaks in China, Iran and South Korea and now most countries of Western Europe, the administration doubled down on the decision to […]

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