NC tests 24,630, the highest number in a single day

The number of North Carolinians getting tested for coronavirus reached a record 24,630 on Wednesday, the highest single-day total. The number of tests that are positive has consistently hovered around 7%.

Posted 4:08 p.m. Jul 2, 2020 — Updated 4:27 p.m. Jul 2, 2020

By

Jodi Leese Glusco

, WRAL director of digital content

The number of North Carolinians getting tested for coronavirus reached a record 24,630 on Wednesday, the highest single-day total. The number of tests that are positive has consistently hovered around 7%.

The increase in testing and an expansion of tests to anyone who wants one, has yielded a corresponding increase in cases diagnosed. To date, 67,016 people statewide have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The state has been averaging about 21,500 tests per day and has run almost 1 million coronavirus tests since March.

Durham and Wake counties both added 100 new cases of coronavirus Thursday. Across the state, an additional 1,629 people tested positive.

Most of those who have tested positive have since recovered. On Monday, the state reported that 45,538 people have recovered from the virus.

While many people have relatively mild symptoms and some people show no symptoms at all, for some, especially those with underlying health conditions, COVID-19 can be fatal. To date, 1,400 people have died of it in North Carolina, and 912 are currently in the hospital.

More than half of all cases in the state were reported in June.

In March, the state reported 1,528 cases of coronavirus; In April, that number was 9,316; In May, 17,786 and in June 36,768, or 56% of the total.

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