N.C. COVID-19 case count up to 2,093 with 19 fatalities as of Friday
In North Carolina, there are currently 2,093 cases of COVID-19 with 31,598 tests complete, per a Friday morning update from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. On Thursday, there were 1,857 reported cases and 28,679 tests complete.
There have been 19 fatalities in N.C. associated with COVID-19. Currently, the state is reporting 259 hospitalizations across the state from the COVID-19 illness.
Mecklenburg County, (Charlotte area), has the highest number of cases with 564, while Wake County is reporting 258 cases, and Durham County is reporting 159 cases
North Carolinians ages 25 to 49 make up the bulk of reported cases at 43%.
Ages 50-64 make up 28% of cases, ages 65 and over make up 20% of cases, and ages 18-24 make up 9% of cases.
North Carolina will continue to track and post the number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases. However, it is important to recognize that there are many people with COVID-19 who will not be included in daily counts of laboratory-confirmed cases, including:
- People who had minimal or no symptoms and were not tested.
- People who had symptoms but did not seek medical care.
- People who sought medical care but were not tested.
- People with COVID-19 in whom the virus was not detected by testing.
Therefore, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases through testing will increasingly provide a limited picture of the spread of infections in the state as COVID-19 becomes more widespread and the number of people in the first three groups above increases.
