Musician tests positive for COVID-19 days after shows in NC, Myrtle Beach

On June 20, country artist Darrell Harwood posted on social media that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said that he is taking all possible precautions by self-quarantining for 14 days and canceling the next two weeks of shows.

"It's not the news I had hoped to hear but something I have to take very seriously," he wrote.

Photos and videos posted on Facebook on June 13 at Captain Archie's in Myrtle Beach and, before that, at Sycamore Lodge Campground in Richmond County, show Harwood posing with and standing close to revelers.

Billy Riggs, who owns Captain Archie's, told WRAL News that Harwood notified him shortly after his diagnosis.

Riggs said his business is about 70% outdoors, including the covered bar and stage where Harwood performed. Signs posted around the restaurant ask guests to practice social distancing and surfaces are cleaned frequently, but not all customers follow the guidelines.

"We like to treat people like adults," Riggs said, adding that there are times when he has to step in. Recently, Riggs said he had to throw someone out of the bar because they were taunting another customer.

If his staff notice poor behavior or if a guest approaches them with concern, Riggs asks his employees to see a manager.

According to his band's Facebook page, Harwood performs with several other members and describes the group as "high-energy country."

Harwood is keeping his fans updated on social media and posted that he and his family are doing well and following doctor's orders.

WRAL News reached out to Harwood via email and social media, but he did not want to talk.

"I will relay to you that all proper means of communication have been made to ensure that any one that he was in contact with knows that he contracted COVID-19," Harwood's representative wrote in an email to WRAL.