NC Coronavirus Update November 29: North Carolina reports 1,840 COVID-19 hospitalizations recorded on Saturday.An additional 3,444 cases in the state

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Sunday
7:30 am
There are 13,247,386 COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Since the pandemic began.

Saturday

6:00 pm
The Wake Forest Home Football match against Miami has been postponed to December 5th next Saturday.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Saturday afternoon that it will be postponed after a positive test for COVID-19, quarantine, and contact tracing within the Wakeforest Demon Deacons football team.

The make-up date for the game has not been announced at this time.

11:45 am
Health officials in North Carolina have reported an additional 3,444 COVID-19 cases, for a total of 357,958 cases.

Nine more people died from the virus in North Carolina, bringing the total to 5,219.

As reported by 97% of hospitals, COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by 60, for a total of 1,840. This is the new high for COVID-19 hospitalization in the state.

The state’s positive rate rose from 7.3% on Friday to 7.8%.

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7:30 am
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, there are 13,092,661 people. COVID-19 cases nationwide.

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Friday

12:00 pm
For the first time in two days, North Carolina Health and Human Services has released a new COVID-19 metric. The state did not release new numbers at Thanksgiving.

New indicators show that 5,210 people died from the virus in North Carolina. That’s an increase of 72.

The state also reports 354,514 cases, an increase of 8,008.

The increase in these deaths and cases is high, but it is not considered a record increase as it exceeds the normal 24-hour period.

The daily positive rate for state cases remained at 7.3%.

8:15 am
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will announce a new COVID-19 number around noon on Friday.

It will be the first survey of new numbers in two days, as the state did not report the number of Thanksgiving.

However, the reported cases do not reflect the cases caused by Thanksgiving rallies. Health officials say these numbers begin to appear in about 7-14 days.

Health experts warned Americans about large gatherings with loved ones who did not live under the same roof, but polls and travel counts showed that many families did not follow those warnings. It suggests that.

Thursday morning story

A Wednesday report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services showed a record 1,811 hospitalized in the state. It’s a new high and came after setting the previous high on Tuesday. The news is about being given a lot of people gathering for Thanksgiving holidays.

The latest US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report predicts COVID-19 from 294,000 to 321,000. Related deaths On Monday, US surgeon General Jerome Adams asked Americans to keep it. “Small and clever” About Thanksgiving celebrations.

Due to the holidays, the state has no plans to release new COVID-19 data on Thursday.

Wednesday

5 pm
Sanford Mayor Chetman has issued an urgent declaration to strengthen Governor Cooper’s executive order demanding the use of face coverings by North Carolina people and reducing occupancy limits for most indoor activities. did.

Executive orders 176 and 180 require face covering in public and indoors when there are non-household members. Reduce the limit for large gatherings in indoor spaces from 25 to 10.

The City of Sanford Declaration will come into effect on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 5 pm and will remain in effect until amended or revoked by Mayor Mann.

“This enhanced state of emergency does not include any additional regulations,” Mayor Mann said. “This is an effort to strengthen existing regulations and allow the mayor to hire employees as needed.”

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3 pm
The Wake County Public Health Service has confirmed the outbreak of COVID-19 at Heartfields at Cary, a life support and memory care facility at Cary’s 1050 Crescent Green.

This is the second occurrence seen at this location.

2:50 pm
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety has announced that prison leadership has integrated some of its operations to mitigate the COVID-19 surge in North Carolina and its impact on the prison system.

As a result, the following actions were taken:
On November 22, activities at Ashboro’s Randolph Correction Center were temporarily suspended and staff were temporarily relocated to other prisons in the area.
On November 20, operations at the Minimum Custody Unit of the Southern Correctional Facility were temporarily suspended, allowing staff there to better assist other sections of Troy’s prison.
On November 25, operations were temporarily suspended at the minimum custody unit of the Piedmont Correctional Facility in Salisbury so that staff could support a medium custody facility in the prison complex.

Affected criminals were transferred to other prison facilities of appropriate management level.

“These prison integration actions were necessary due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in criminal groups in many state prisons and the need for additional personnel in prisons to handle the outbreak of the virus,” the agency said. Said in a news release.

11:50 am
North Carolina reached a record number of 1,811 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Wednesday. Hospitalization on Tuesday was also a new record.

247 new patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours. 306 suspected cases were also hospitalized.

69% of newly admitted patients are over 60 years old. 8% are under 39 years old.

As of Wednesday morning, there were 431 adults in the state-wide ICU fighting COVID-19.

More than 4,000 new cases have also been reported in the state, the third time since the pandemic began.

A total of 4,212 new cases were reported on Wednesday.

The percentage of positive tests is currently 7.3%.

Wednesday morning story

Status Latest Maskman Date Beginning Wednesday at 5 pm, masks are required in all indoor public places. The most notable revisions include restaurants that require masks to be worn while sitting and gym patrons who need to keep wearing masks while exercising.

Fewer tourists than usual at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Wednesday morning prior to Thanksgiving.

At the Centers for Disease Control Advice to Participation in large travel and holiday gatherings. It may reduce seasonal travel, but it is not universally protected. The Transportation Security Administration said Monday that it had screened more than 2 million people the weekend before Thanksgiving.

From 9am to noon Wednesday, the Smithfield Men’s Progressive Club on Old Goldsboro Road in Smithfield offers a free COVID-19 test. You do not need to make an appointment or show symptoms to get the test.