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9:18 p.m.: Coty in Sanford has confirmed a positive coronavirus case among at least one worker there.

"We are in close contact with the affected individuals to stay updated on their individual situations; and we have acted immediately, following all WHO and CDC guidelines, to ensure the safety of our teams. We have alerted staff of the positive test result of a co-worker, quarantined impacted individuals and any staff who may have come into contact with them, deep cleaned and disinfected all appropriate areas, on top of the stringent cleaning measures already in place."

8:15 p.m.: Coronavirus infections in North Carolina have topped 13,000. More than 500 of those people have died in the state so far, including deaths Wednesday in Durham, Cumberland, Moore, Orange and Vance counties.

The state has reported 535 infections and 22 deaths in a 24-hour period. The number of fatalities is higher than the seven-day rolling average of 18 per day.

7:30 p.m.: The state prison system reported its first female inmate to die from the coronavirus on Wednesday.

The woman, who was confined at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh, was in her late 60s and had underlying health problems, officials said. She tested positive for the virus on April 18 and was hospitalized the following day.

Four inmates in the state prison system have died in the pandemic.

The N.C. Correctional Institution for Women has the second-largest outbreak in the state prison system, with at least 90 inmates infected.

6:55 p.m.: Although Durham County's stay-at-home order limiting retailers to curbside pick-up or delivery remains in effect until May 15, Durham Mayor Steve Schewel says Gov. Roy Cooper's new executive order relaxing some restrictions under statewide stay-at-home guidelines takes precedent.

So, Durham retailers can resume operations at 5 p.m. Friday, provided they follow social distancing guidelines for their customers and staff and adhere to strict cleaning protocols.

6:45 p.m.: Wrightsville Beach will start allowing short-term rentals, including hotels and vacation properties, in the town on Friday as statewide stay-at-home rules are relaxed.

However, no reservations can be accepted from people living in states that are still under stay-at-home orders, officials said.

6:30 p.m.: The Durham Bulls Athletic Park has teamed with Mountaire to host a chicken truck sale on Friday at the former University Ford lot, at 601 Willard St.

People can visit durhambulls.com to place an online order for 40-pound cases of chicken thighs ($45) or breasts ($55) and choose a pick-up time between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

"In addition to offering easy pick-up from a guaranteed inventory, the DBAP and Mountaire want to ensure the safest possible transaction for customers. By going cashless through the pre-order form and by following all mask and protective gear recommendations, the event setup will eliminate many potential areas of concern," a news release states.

5:20 p.m.: A Cumberland County resident has become the 500th North Carolinian to die from the coronavirus. Overall, the state has more than 12,900 people infected with the virus.

4:45 p.m.: Three Moore County residents, including someone who lived at the Pinehurst Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, have died of coronavirus-related complications, officials said. The county has nine virus-related deaths overall, with four of them at the Pinehurst nursing home.

4:40 p.m.: A federal grand jury has indicted two inmates in the Butner federal prison complex with on charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers and inciting or participating in a mutiny or riot within a federal penal institution.

Rene Moreno-Castillo is accused of spraying prison workers with a fire extinguisher and barricading himself in a unit at the prison on April 22, requiring a tactical team to respond to regain control of the unit. Javier Tijerina is accused of yelling, gesturing, and threatening “action” by the inmates if housing assignments did not change.

The Butner complex has one of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the federal prison system, with at least 243 inmates and 20 staffers infected. Six inmates have died.

4:25 p.m.: A Lee County detention officer has tested positive for the coronavirus, Sheriff Tracy Carter said. The person started experiencing symptoms at home and hasn't been at work since then, carter said.

"The Sheriff’s Office believes there is low risk of exposure to other employees and inmates at the jail as the officer had not been to work since they began exhibiting symptoms," according to a news release.

2:30 p.m.: Masks aren't required for restaurant workers but are "highly, highly encouraged," said Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services. Having staff wear masks will help instill confidence in consumers as business start to reopen that a restaurant is doing as much as possible to protect its customers, she said.

2:10 p.m.: State Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry said the pandemic makes planning for the upcoming hurricane season more difficult. People need to make alternative arrangements instead of going to evacuation shelters and should include masks and hand sanitizer in their emergency kits, he said.

2:05 p.m.: Overnight summer camps might be allowed if North Carolina is in the second phase of resuming business and social activities during the pandemic, according to Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services. State officials are waiting on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Camp Association before making a final decision, she said.

No decision has been made yet either on allowing baseball leagues to operate this summer, Cohen said.

1:40 p.m.: Trail Life USA is organizing the Backyard Movie Night and Campout on May 16, connecting people nationwide by a real-time video link in their backyards to encourage families to get together for a memorable evening.

“This tedious lockdown doesn’t have to get the better of us,” Trail Life USA CEO Mark Hancock said in a statement. “We can turn this around to make some of the very best memories ever.”

The group will live-stream "The Pilgrim’s Progress," with showings starting at 8:45 p.m. in each time zone and has set up an online portal for families to share their pictures and campfire video clips in real-time with other families in isolation across America.

1 p.m.: Orange County’s stay-at-home order will end on Friday, meaning the county will follow the first stage of Gov. Roy Cooper's three-phase plan to relax restrictions to start resuming business and social activities during the pandemic, officials said. The state of emergency for Orange County, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough will be extended.

"Strict measures have been in place over the last six weeks to slow the spread of the virus COVID-19 and to protect the public. We will continue to make decisions based on science and recommendations from the state, as well as the Orange County health director, county Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Penny Rich said in a statement.

County and municipal offices won't reopen to the public in the first phase, officials said. Timelines for reopening will be announced at a later date.

12:50 p.m.: Durham Mayor Steve Schewel and Wendy Jacobs, chairwoman of the Durham County Board of Commissioners, have created the Durham Recovery and Renewal Task Force to advise them over the next 100 days on how to revise emergency declarations and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 crisis.

"Durham has done a great job reducing the spread of the virus," Schewel said in a statement. "We must continue to do that even as we plan for how Durham will recover, renew and re-emerge. The task force will tell us how to keep our community safe as we gradually and carefully reopen."

Katie Galbraith, president of Duke Regional Hospital, and Maticia Sims, vice president and corporate controller for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, will co-chair the task force.

"The task force will engage our community broadly in this important planning effort. This will include a strong commitment to racial equity and to culturally responsive frameworks that seek to address widening disparities caused by COVID-19," Jacobs said in a statement.

12:05 p.m.: Bladen County has reported its first coronavirus-related death. The individual died Tuesday while hospitalized, officials said.

12 p.m.: An employee at Harris Teeter in the North Pointe shopping center in Durham has tested positive for the coronavirus. A spokesperson from the location said the store followed all sanitation and cleaning procedures after learning about the employee and communicated the illness with staff.

11:55 a.m.: UNC-Chapel Hill will hold a video watch party on Facebook and YouTube at 10 a.m. Sunday so 2020 graduates and their families can celebrate together until it’s safe to hold an in-person ceremony. The stream will include special messages to the Class of 2020, highlights from their time on campus and virtual performances by a capella groups Harmonyx and the Clefhangers.

11:45 a.m.: Two coronavirus-related deaths were reported in both Orange and Vance counties on Wednesday, and one was reported in Durham County. They have pushed the statewide death toll in the pandemic to 495. Overall, nearly 12,900 North Carolinians are infected with the virus.

11:35 a.m.: Food stamps recipients in North Carolina can now use their benefits to buy groceries online. North Carolina is the 10th state to implement this flexibility, which officials said will remain in place beyond the COVID-19 emergency.

"People need to feed their families while also practicing social distancing," Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement. "This will allow families to order groceries at home and lower their risk of getting sick."

11:30 a.m.: People 65 and up make up 22 percent of all coronavirus cases in North Carolina but 86 percent of all virus deaths, according to state data.

11:15 a.m.: Coronavirus cases at meat-packing facilities in North Carolina more than doubled this week. Now, there are almost 1,000 cases of the virus at 20 meat-processing plants. Last week, there were fewer than 500 cases. Most of the cases of the virus are contained in the counties that previously reported virus outbreaks.

10:25 a.m.: The White House Coronavirus Task Force will continue "indefinitely," President Donald Trump said in a series of tweets Tuesday morning. Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that the group would disband by the end of May.

The task force "has done a fantastic job of bringing together vast highly complex resources that have set a high standard for others to follow in the future," Trump tweeted.

10:05 a.m.: Durham-based LCI, one of the nation's largest employers of people who are blind, has been tasked with distributing more than 576,000 masks to the Air Force during the pandemic. Six other nonprofits are responsible for manufacturing the face masks.

“Employees who are blind are continuously working in our manufacturing centers to deliver quality products that will help to lessen the burden on our essential employees and ease fears in our community, around the corner and across the nation,” LCI President Jeffrey Hawting said in a statement.

10 a.m.: More than $1.3 billion of unemployment aid has been given to North Carolina residents, and more than a million claims have been filed.

9:55 a.m.: Google has committed to funding 100 Wi-Fi hotspots aboard school buses that will help students without internet access, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday. AT&T and Duke Energy Foundation earlier committed to a total of 180 hotspots on buses.

The first 156 devices were expected to be delivered Wednesday to communities in 29 counties across the state.

9:30 a.m.: The state Department of Health and Human Services is working to match nurses and other health care workers with long-term care facilities and other providers across North Carolina that need assistance during the pandemic. Anyone "with the ability to pick up extra shifts" is asked to apply, and volunteers at the East Carolina University School of Nursing will match applicants with facilities.

The effort is similar to DHHS organizing the call for people to work with county health departments to trace the contacts of people infected with coronavirus. Anyone interested in the jobs can learn more through the Community Care of North Carolina website.

DHHS also is seeking volunteers for both clinical and non-clinical health care roles through the State Medical Response System. Volunteers must sign up through NC TERMS.

A few state jobs in health care are available, including for nurses at Central Regional Hospital in Butner and health care technicians on the state COVID-19 Response Team.

9 a.m.: All state parks will reopen Saturday afternoon, even though the first stage of Gov. Roy Cooper's plan to reopen the state begins Friday at 5 p.m. When the state parks do open, officials ask that people stay in groups of 10 or fewer and to maintain social distancing. This does not apply to Wake County parks or Raleigh parks.

8 a.m.: The House of Raeford Farms is holding another bulk chicken sale at the State Fairgrounds. The sale starts at 9 a.m., but people get in line usually earlier. It's drive-thru only, and only cash payments are accepted. The House of Raeford is offering jumbo boneless skinless breasts, bone-in skin-on thighs and drumsticks.

7:45 a.m.: United Airlines is cutting 3,400 of its workers, according to a leaked memo. On top of that, AirBnB, the tourism company, is also laying off 1,900 employees. Disney already said the coronavirus has cost the company $1 billion in profits, and it plans to open a location in Shanghai, China, this week with strict regulations.

7 a.m.: High school sports will have a "new normal" until there's a vaccine or treatment for the coronavirus, according to the state health director. High schools haven't run sports in 53 days after all spring sports were canceled. Schools are unsure if sports will even return to campus in the fall, according to the state health director.

6:30 a.m.: A new executive order from Gov. Roy Cooper says summer day camps will be allowed to operate as long the camp is following CDC guidelines. Overnight camps are still not allowed to run.

6 a.m.: The European Union predicts a "recession of historic proportions" for this year due to the impact of the coronavirus. This was the EU's official forecast of the damage the pandemic is inflicting on the economy. The EU said that the coronavirus caused the economy to have a drop in output, or goods and services produced in an economy, by 7%.

“Europe is experiencing an economic shock without precedent since the Great Depression,” EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said in a statement.

5 a.m.: A professor with Duke University has been working with scientists oversees to research a new strain of the coronavirus and told WRAL News he started seeing the mutation back in March. The mutation started in Europe and quickly spread to other parts of the world. His biggest concern is making sure current vaccines will be effective in preventing this strain.

4:15 a.m.: Human testing is underway in the U.S. for a possible coronavirus vaccine. Pfizer partnered with a German company for the trial. This is the third vaccine to be tested in the U.S., and Pfizer believes it could be available by September. Pfizer has offices in Morrisville and Sanford.

4 a.m.: North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall plans to launch a public awareness campaign Wednesday about the risks of using "internet pharmacies." In the project, Marshall is partnering with the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies, asking consumers to check out verifybeforeyoubuy.org to enter the URL of any online pharmacy to make sure its legitimate.

According to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the FDA, 97% of online pharmacies are fake or operating outside of U.S. law.