Name: 'Breakthrough' COVID cases make up about 8% of NC total
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Description: The last release, on July 22, showed there had been about 7,300 breakthrough COVID cases statewide since May. That's about 8 percent of the total number of cases. Of those, 388 people required hospitalization and 66 died. New numbers should be released this coming Friday.

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The last release, on July 22, showed there had been about 7,300 breakthrough COVID cases statewide since May. That's about 8 percent of the total number of cases. Of those, 388 people required hospitalization and 66 died. New numbers should be released this coming Friday.

PERMISSION. THAT'S UP TO THE DOCTORS. THE BILL HEADS BACK TO THE HOUSE. >>> STARTING TOMORROW THE STATE WILL GIVE AWAY $100 GIFT CARDS AT SOME VACCINE SITES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE VACCINATED. THE VACCINE SITES ARE SPREAD OUT ACROSS 40 COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CAN BE LOOKED UP ON WRAL.COM. THIS OFFER APPLIES TO ANYONE 18 AND OLDER WHO RECEIVES THEIR FIRST DOSE. THE STATE IS STILL OFFERING $25 CARDS TO THOSE WHO DRIVE OTHER PEOPLE TO THEIR VACCINATION APPOINTMENT. WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. DO YOU THINK A $100 GIFT CARD WILL CONVINCE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED TO GET THE SHOT? GO TO WRAL.COM/YOURVOICE AND RECORD A VIDEO. YOUR RESPONSE MAY BE USED ON WRAL.COM. >>> WE'RE HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH COVID CASES. THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT RECEIVING DATA FROM THE STATE AS FREQUENTLY AS WE DO OTHER NUMBERS. >> WE ASKED WRAL'S AMANDA LAMB TO FIND OUT WHY. >> Reporter: CURRENTLY THERE ARE ABOUT 7,300 BREAKTHROUGH COVID CASES RECORDED IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE DATA IS RELEASED EVERY TWO WEEKS. WE ASK DHHS WHITE WAIT. WE NEVER GOT A CLEAR ANSWER. WE ALSO ASK THE GOVERNOR. >> I'LL ASK THEM ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THOSE NUMBERS OF BREAKTHROUGH CASES ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU'RE VACCINATED YOU DON'T GET REALLY SICK MOST OF THE TIME AND YOU CERTAINLY DON'T DIE MOST OF THE TIME. UNVACCINATED PEOPLE DO. >> I'M BACK AT WORK, I'M FEELING BETTER, GETTING AROUND BETTER. YES, I'M DOING VERY WELL NOW. >> Reporter: RITA WILLIAMS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE VIRUS EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER GETTING TWO DOSES OF THE MODERNA VACCINE. SHE BELIEVES PEOPLE NEED ALL THE DATA THEY CAN GET TO UNDERSTAND YOU STILL NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF EVEN WHEN YOU'RE VACCINATED. >> I THINK WITH NOT BEING HONEST OR BEING TRANSPARENT IN A WAY YOU'RE PREPARING. SO YOU'RE PREPARING TO FAIL IF THAT IS THE CASE. WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THESE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS AND THE OVERALL INFECTION RATE IN UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE DELTA VARIANT. >> Reporter: MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY WE SHOULD EXPLORE NEW WAYS TO COLLECT DATA ON BREAKTHROUGH CASES. >> THERE IS MORE TO BE DONE TO GO WITH THE INFORMATION AND CERTAINLY ASKING PEOPLE WHO COME IN TO THE CLINIC GETTING TESTED, WERE YOU PREVIOUSLY VACCINATED? THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE KEPT. >> WITH THOSE BREAKTHROUGH CASES, THE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT WE GET VACCINATED THE MORE BREAKTHROUGH CASES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED. >> Reporter: CURRENT DATA SHOWS THAT BREAKTHROUGH CASES ACCOUNT FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN 400 HOSPITALIZATIONS AND 66 DEATHS. NEW DATA IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY.

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'Breakthrough' COVID cases make up about 8% of NC total

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I'm meteorologist K Campbell in the wr severe weather center. Here's your weekend forecast looks pretty good. On Saturday, there is a small chance for rain. That would be first thing very early in the morning in our northern counties. The rest of the day looks pretty good, partly cloudy, mid to perhaps upper seventies. By Sunday, it's much cooler. Highs struggle to get into the sixties even. It's a cloudy day and we've got some scattered showers in the forecast Sunday, but we're on the stable side of the front. So we're not severe weather on Sunday and we really could use some rain. We'll get to that in a minute. Let's talk about your Saturday planner because that's going to be the day to be outside 63 at 8 a.m. by noon, 71 and will be in the mid to upper seventies during the afternoon. Still in the low to mid seventies by dinner time. Future cash shows pretty quiet, start to the day. Perhaps a few showers in our northern counties and cloud cover to start, but those clouds clear and we'll see more sunshine later on before we cloud back overnight into Sunday morning. Scattered showers are possible throughout the first part of the day, Sunday and then we'll see a band of steadier rain make its way in as we head into Sunday evening and perhaps Sunday night as well. Early on, we need any rain, we can get the drought monitor showing an expanded region for abnormally dry and yellow. That's the morning stage before you reach drought status. So we really need some rain to prevent drought from developing as we head into the month of May. The system that's bringing our rain chances for your Friday night is this area of low pressure along with a cold front draped to the south. That cold front is going to knock temperatures down as well. We're down to 46 degrees on Monday morning, 44 we had to lower the low Tuesday morning because there's not likely to be as much cloud cover and that's going to allow temperatures to fall even further. But for the weekend morning will wake up to temperatures near 60 Saturday morning and in the lower fifties again on Sunday morning. If you are running the Tar Heel 10 miler, we got some pretty nice weather for it. A 20% chance for rain for early on. Otherwise temperatures will be in the low to mid 60 s. Looks like some pretty good running weather for us. Looking ahead to next week, we're still on the cooler side start 66. But Monday trending more sunshine And then as we get into Tuesday, Wednesday, we're likely to be back in the seventies, Wednesday. We've got a cold front coming the way it looks now. Only a small 20% chance for rain with the front, but it is going to knock temperatures down again. Not as dramatic but low temperatures could be back in the upper forties with highs in the upper sixties to lower seventies toward the end of next week.

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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