Covid 19, Update 24
Last edited Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:09 AM - Edit history (1)
Updated case count by county:
0323 hours Eastern
Monday, March 23rd
Eighty (80) Mecklenburg
Fifty (50) Wake
Forty-one (41) Durham
Twelve (12) Forsyth
Twelve (12) Union
Eleven (11) Guilford
Eight (8) Harnett
Six (6) Cabarrus
Six (6) Brunswick
Six (6) Iredell
Six (6) Orange
Five (5) Carteret
Four (4) New Hanover
Four (4) Buncombe
Four (4) Cherokee
Four (4) Franklin
Three (3) Chatham
Three (3) Johnston
Three (3) Onslow
Three (3) Wilson
Three (3) Gaston
Three (3) Pitt
Three (3) Cumberland
Two (2) Craven
Two (2) Watauga
Two (2) Moore
Two (2) Rowan
Two (2) Alamance
One (1) Wayne
One (1) Sampson
One (1) Lincoln
One (1) Hoke
One (1) Davidson
One (1) Pasquotank
One (1) Lee
One (1) Catawba
One (1) Cowan
One (1) Stanley
One (1) Henderson
One (1) Robeson
One (1) Hyde
One (1) Granville
One (1) Davie
One (1) Montgomery
One (1) Nash
One (1) Scotland
One (1) Vance
Total Suspected Reported Statewide: 311
47/100 counties
up from 44/100
This is a change of 28 additional cases from the last update, of cases statewide. That number was 283.
Case number discrepancies are starting to emerge as some of those suspected positive, but proven otherwise, are dropped from the count. I am using the higher numbers until the counts are otherwise adjusted.
Reported range today is from 255 to 311 cases.
NCDHHS has graph count and map, showing the affected counties here:
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/covid-19-case-count-nc
Updated daily by 11 a.m. each day. Last updated 10:16a.m., March 22, 2020.
Press releases can be found here: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/press-releases
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News:
Governor Cooper Orders Increased Access to Childcare, DMV Clarifications
Raleigh
Mar 21, 2020
Governor Roy Cooper has waived restrictions to increase access to caregivers to provide flexible child care and elder care during the coronavirus emergency. The Order provides flexibility to local health departments working to adapt to the increased need for their resources.
Additionally, it provides for ways for Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices to enact social distancing protections, and waives some registration requirements to ensure resources can be delivered by truck throughout the state.
“Doctors, nurses, first responders and other critical personnel need to know their children are safe so they can continue to respond during this time of crisis,” said Governor Cooper. “And we’re loosening trucking requirements so important medicine and equipment can get quickly to the the people in all 100 counties that need it.”
The Order provides for the following provisions:
• Improve access to safe, flexible child care for first responders, emergency personnel, food preparers and others;
• Transfer authority to local health departments to be more flexible with mandates during the crisis, so they can prioritize the most needed services;
• Lifts some restrictions so that volunteers and other caregivers may care for children and elders during the crisis.
The transportation waiver includes provisions to:
• Allow DMV offices to ensure appropriate social distancing including requiring appointments and making sure offices have enough space for DMV customers;
• Postpone DMV hearings that can reasonably be delayed during the crisis response;
• Offers clarity around regulations so that critical supplies can get where they are needed throughout the state;
• Waive Commercial Driver’s License requirements to ensure school buses can be utilized in responding to the crisis.
The North Carolina Council of State concurred with the order Friday. The full order [PDF] is available here [link:https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=38641948&msgid=475064&act=TRTR&c=1346310&destination=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.nc.gov%2Fgovernor%2Fdocuments%2Ffiles%2FEO119.pdf.
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/governor-cooper-orders-increased-access-childcare-dmv-clarifications
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Comments and suggestions on these updates are welcome and deeply appreciated. We are all in this together.
Good luck everyone.
❤ lmsp