The State of North Carolina tracks four primary metrics to determine whether to relax guidelines on reopening the economy. One of these measures showed improvement in the last week; the others have increased recently.
North Carolina’s metrics remain good compared to the majority of states. It continues to rank 29th among the 50 states for the number of cases and dropped from 31st to 32nd for deaths from the virus on a per capita basis (up from 32nd last week). It remained the 28th highest rate of tests.
The number of new cases increased about 23% from 9202 two weeks ago to 11240 last week. However, the number of deaths decreased from 216 last week to 161 this week, a reduction of 25%.
The 14-day moving average for all four metrics continues to increase. This average for tests continues to set a record on October 6. Similarly, the percentage of positive cases have resumed growth, a level last seen on September 9. The number of hospitalized cases rose to 1028 on October 6, the highest level since August 13.
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New cases in Wake County continued to increase, rising from 686 to 813 in the last week. Deaths increased from 10 to 13 during the last week.
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Cases in our Zip Code 27587 passed 1000 this week. No new deaths have been reported since September 19.
Zip Code 27571 (Rolesville) reported 3 new cases this past week down from 6 cases the prior seven days. Zip 27596 (Youngsville) rose by 31 cases, an increase from the 15 cases reported for the previous week and 8 from the prior seven day period. Zip 27571 has reported no deaths; Zip 27596 continues to report a single fatality.
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