The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state’s highest one day number of COVID-19 cases with 3,119 cases reported. Other key metrics also increased with hospitalizations at 1,246 and the percent of tests that were positive climbing to 7.9 percent.
“This is not the milestone we want to be hitting, particularly as we head into holidays where people want to come together. I am asking North Carolinians to do what they do best, look out for each other. Wear a mask. Wait six feet apart. Wash your hands often. We’ve had more time to learn about this devastating virus and study after study shows that these three simple actions can help keep our family, friends and neighbors from getting sick,” said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D.

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“There are currently 12 COVID-19 patients in the 18 beds at our intensive care unit. One has been here since spring, and three have been here since the summer months. Our patients are usually the most severe cases: Treating lung failure is one of our main areas of focus. Some of my colleagues are also responsible for connecting patients with particularly advanced lung failure to an artificial lung, an ECMO, at other hospitals. Afterward, they bring the patients to us by helicopter or ambulance. Our youngest COVID-19 patient was 27 years old.
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