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Coronavirus cases, testing are both up; NC rate of positive tests holds steady

Saturday saw the greatest single-day increase in coronavirus cases in North Carolina.

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Saturday saw the greatest single-day increase in coronavirus cases in North Carolina. From Friday to Sunday, an additional 1,765 cases were reported in the state. But because the availability of testing continues to soar, that is not necessarily bad news.

Over those same three days, nearly 30,000 tests were completed. That means about 5.9% of all tests were positive.

That rate of positive tests falls in line with what the state has seen over the past two weekend. In the first weekend of May, 6.5% of all the tests came back positive. From May 8 through 10, 5.7% of all tests were positive.

While testing is increasing, the rate of positive cases seems to be holding relatively steady, and that percentage of positive tests is one of the main metrics Gov. Roy Cooper is considering in his plan to allow for more businesses to reopen.

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