New COVID cases hit 1,434 statewide
July 21. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,434 new COVID-19 cases statewide, well above the daily increases of 300-500 seen in late June/early July. The positive test rate increased again, to 7.9 percent, up from around 2 percent in late June/early July.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose to 694 in today’s NCDHHS report, from fewer than 400 on July 1.
Overnight, there were 9 new deaths attributable to the coronavirus.
Mecklenburg County
In Mecklenburg County, there were 231 new coronavirus cases, and one new COVID-related death.
North Mecklenburg (change from Tuesday to today)
Cornelius: 14 new cases, 2,959 cumulative; 26 deaths total.
Davidson: 5 new cases, 1,738 cumulative; 15 deaths total.
Huntersville: 11 new cases 6,193 cumulative; 54 deaths total.
Gov. Cooper is expected to hold a press conference on the new COVID numbers today.
Gov. Cooper at Jan. 27 press conference
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Correction: There were 22 hospitalized with COVID yesterday statewide. There were 9 deaths. The current statewide NC 7 day average is 5.6 deaths per day…
“Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose to 694 in today’s NCDHHS report, from fewer than 400 on July 1” is correct as per NCDHHS. That’s up from 396 on July 1; up 22 from yesterday. You can visit NCDHHS for COVID data five days a week: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard