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73 new COVID cases reported in Richmond County; active cases continue decline

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ROCKINGHAM — More than 70 Richmond County residents tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing the county’s total for January to just 10 shy of the record high set in December.

The Richmond County Health Department reported 73 new cases on Monday, which makes 796 for the month. There were 806 cases reported in December and just more than 400 reported each of the previous two months.

However, even with the large number of new cases, active cases dropped to 412, as 112 residents are considered to have recovered since Friday.

Of all of the COVID tests performed on Richmond County residents since last March, 26,598 results have been negative and 3,498 have been positive.

Daily statewide cases, for the second time this month, dropped below 5,000 to 4,633, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The only other day cases have been below 5,000 was Jan. 19.

Hospitalizations for the state and county have also dropped.

DHHS reported 3,287 North Carolinans who tested positive for the coronavirus were in hospitals on Sunday. The county’s hospital total dropped to 20 on Monday.

According to FirstHealth, 89 of its 342 patients are COVID-positive; and Scotland Memorial Hospital had 37 COVID patients isolated.

Earlier in the day, the Health Department announced two more COVID-related deaths, bringing the total to 69.

DHHS announced Saturday that the first case of the COVID-19 variant called B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom last month, was detected in a sample collected in Mecklenburg County.

On Monday, DHHS announced a website to help state residents know when they’ll be able to get a COVID vaccine if they want one. However, starting Wednesday, the state will only have 120,000 doses left of its current allotment. The vaccine requires two doses.

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FirstHealth and the Health Department announced Friday that only 400 of the requested 1,200 doses of the two-dose Moderna vaccine will be sent by the state, essentially suspending clinics for those who have not yet scheduled an appointment.

Free COVID-19 testing will continue throughout the month in the parking lot behind the Health Department. Testing will run from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, except when closed for lunch from noon-12:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will also be free rapid testing at the Dobbins Heights Community Center Jan. 31. 

BY THE NUMBERS 

The number of local cases per age group are as follows (includes recoveries):

  • 0-18 – 528 (+21) 
  • 19-30 – 560 (+22)
  • 31-40 – 461 (+15)
  • 41-50 – 593 (+30) 
  • 51-64 – 731 (+24)
  • 65-older – 625 (+19)

(+ Denotes increase from Jan. 20.)

The number of active cases per ZIP code are as follows:

  • Rockingham – 239
  • Hamlet – 118
  • Ellerbe – 40
  • Hoffman – 6
  • Mount Gilead – 2
  • Marston – 7

The number of new cases for the past 14 days, according to DHHS, for surrounding counties are as follows:

  • Mecklenburg -10,395
  • Union – 2,446
  • Stanly – 692
  • Montgomery – 330
  • Anson – 297
  • Moore – 928 (currently 534 active**)
  • Hoke – 407
  • Scotland – 278
  • Robeson – 1,582

(** Active cases from Moore County Health Dept.)

 



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