North Carolina Coronavirus Update April 28: Governor Roy Cooper Announces COVID 19 Days Before Current State Limits Expir

Wednesday morning heading
Governor Roy Cooper will provide COVID-19 update today at 2:00 pm This announcement will be made just a few days ago The COVID-19 limit is set to expire.

Will the Governor extend the state’s COVID-19 limit? Will he cancel the Maskman date? Check out his announcement on the ABC11 or ABC11 North Carolina app on the connected device.

At this point, 48 percent of adults in our state are partially vaccinated. That number is below the national rate of 54 percent.

Rita McDaniel was hesitant to take a picture, saying she felt she needed more information about the new vaccine.

She finally decided to get vaccinated. After taking both doses, she encourages her friends to do the same.

North Carolina has the lowest number of positive COVID-19 cases per day since April 6. However, if the total number is small, the positive rate is the highest (7.5%) since last week.

Tuesday
3:01 pm

The Johnston County Health Department will schedule Physer and Johnson & Johnson clinics Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm or until the final supply at 517 N. Bright Leaf Blvd of the Johnston County Public Health Department. I am. Both the first and second doses of Pfizer vaccine will be available.

The COVID-19 vaccine is free for everyone.

Vaccination will be done With a promise Or walk-in base until capacity is reached.

2:27 pm
The Lie County Government Health Department opened the COVID-19 Drive-Through Vaccination Clinic scheduled for Wednesday with on-site registration on a first-come, first-served basis.

The clinic will be held at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center from 9am to noon.

The Civic Center is Sanford’s 1801 Nash St. It is in. All vehicles must enter from Nash Street, which approaches Broadway Road from the east. Vehicles entering from the west will be rerouted.

The Department of Health administers the first and second Pfizer and Modelna vaccines. If you need a second vaccine, don’t forget to bring your vaccination record card.

To register by calling (919) 842-5744 or in Spanish, call (919) 718-4640 Option 8.

12:47 pm
The Halifax County Health Department reports a total of 5,486 positive COVID 19 cases in two newly infected individuals. There were 109 deaths in the county-1.98% COVID-19-related deaths.

12:30 pm
The CDC published the latest guidance on wearing masks outdoors on TuesdayThere is a new recommendation that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks unless they are in a crowd of strangers.

The CDC continues to recommend wearing masks at crowded outdoor events such as concerts, parades, and sporting events.

12:00 pm
A total of 1,148 new COVID-19 cases were reported in North Carolina on Tuesday. That number was small compared to the 7-day average, but the number of tests completed was also small.

A total of 1,103 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.

The percentage of positive tests is 7.5%.

In North Carolina, 30.5% of the total population is fully vaccinated and 38.8% of adults are fully vaccinated.

11:45 am
North Carolina Central University will provide both the first and second Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines by walk-in or appointment from 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday and 10 am to 4 pm Thursday. I will.

11:00 am
Merck has announced agreements with five generic Indian drug makers to produce molnupiravir, an antiviral drug similar to the COVID-19 drug remdesivir, in the form of more convenient tablets.

Late trials of this drug have only just begun in the United States, and it is unknown when the drug will be used in India and elsewhere. Intermediate-stage studies have yielded promising results, suggesting that the drug rapidly lowers viral levels when used early after infection.

Remdesivir is widely used in certain inpatients, but its use is limited because it must be given as an IV drip.

Molnupiravir, a pill developed by Merck at Ridgeback Biotherapy, has broad activity against many types of respiratory viruses, according to Dr. George Painter of Emory University, who helped discover it. Shown.

“I think generic drug makers with huge capabilities will either have this or will make it soon,” he said.

10 am
The White House states that once the United States clears the federal safety review, it will begin sharing its entire inventory of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with the world. It is expected that 60 million exports will be possible in the coming months. The move significantly expanded the Biden administration’s actions last month, sharing about four million doses of vaccine with Mexico and Canada. AstraZeneca’s drug is widely used worldwide, but has not yet been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.The White House is increasingly guaranteed to supply three vaccines administered in the United States

Tuesday morning heading
Here’s the latest guidance on when to wear a mask outdoors: Scheduled to be released today.

Guidance is particularly relevant to whether fully vaccinated people need to wear masks outdoors, according to sources. The guidance comes from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but President Joe Biden is expected to publish the guidance.

The specific language of the guidance is unknown. However, Dr. Anthony Fauci hinted over the weekend that the guidance would include relaxation of restrictions, and the CDC will update the guidelines that “what vaccinated people can do, and even unvaccinated people can do.” “.

Biden previously said he hoped that an open-air rally would be possible by July 4. North Carolina leaders said they would consider lifting some of the Maskman dates in June.

Meanwhile, the Wake County Public Health Department will resume using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week. Last week, the FDA and CDC lifted the suspension of vaccine use after determining that the risk of blood clots was very low and the benefits of the vaccine outweighed it.

Wake County has been vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine 7,900 times. The first single-shot vaccine clinic will be held Thursday and Friday at Tin Park in Holly Springs.

Monday

3:20 pm
Wake County will resume using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine later this week.

Last Friday, state and federal agencies reaffirmed their confidence in the J & J vaccine after a brief suspension.

Triangle Clinic will resume use of Johnson and Johnson vaccine after suspension

Wake County currently holds 7,902 vaccines. The first J & J Clinic is planned for Thursday and Friday from 9am to 3:30 pm in Tin Park, Holly Springs.

Ryan Julie, director of the Wake County Public Health Department’s Vaccine Branch, said: “Safety during and after vaccination is very important to us. Health and safety have always been a guide to Wake County public health.”

2:30 pm
Lie county health officials have reported an additional 75 COVID-19 cases since last Monday. A total of 76 people have died from the virus in Lie Group since the pandemic began.

11:45 am
North Carolina health authorities have reported 1,334 new COVID-19 cases.

The state reports a positive test rate of 6.5%.

Across North Carolina, 78 fewer people are hospitalized for the virus. Currently, 1,067 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in the state.

On Monday, the state reported an additional 37 COVID-19 deaths, for a total of 12,560.

As of Monday, 48.2% of North Carolina’s adult population has received at least one vaccination.