New COVID-19 testing sites open in Wake County

SLOWDOWNS EVEN ON 40 IN THE

WESTBOUND LANES.

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>>> SEVERAL BIG STORIES, WE

WANT TO START WITH A WORRISOME

SPIKE AND CORONAVIRUS CASES IN

NORTH CAROLINA.

VACCINATIONS BEGIN FOR PEOPLE

75 OR OLDER.

YOU NEED AN APPOINTMENT.

SHOTS FOR THAT GROUP START NEXT

WEEK.

TODAY, THE COUNTY IS OPENING

NEW TESTING SITES.

WRAL IS LIVE AT HOLLY SPRINGS

WITH ONE OF THE NEW LOCATIONS.

NAYAK, GOOD MORNING.

>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.

TAKE A LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE

KINGS PARK SIGN, 11:00 IS WHEN

THEY WILL START THIS TESTING

SITE.

FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THIS WILL

BE VERY CONVENIENT.

THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TO GO TO

RALEIGH TO GET TESTED.

TESTING WILL ALSO BE DONE IN

RALEIGH.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP WE HAVE.

IT WILL BE AT THE BILTMORE

HILLS PARK AS WELL AS BUFFALO

ATHLETIC PARK.

THIS COMES LESS THAN TWO WEEKS

AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. CASES HAVE

HIT RECORD NUMBERS IN THE

STATE.

SATURDAY, THE STATE REPORTED

MORE THAN 11,000 CASES.

WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR

WEBSITE AT WRAL.COM . NIGHT

HARDIN, WRAL, RALEIGH SPRINGS .

>>> GROWING NUMBERS ON THE

STREET BEHIND ME, THE STATE

REPORTED MORE THAN 1800 CASES

SUNDAY.

WHILE THAT IS BELOW WHAT WE

HAVE SEEN IN FEW DAYS, IT IS

ONE OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS

DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

NEW DEATHS TOP 140.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING