Wake County reaches 10,000 cases of coronavirus, more than 100 deaths

While many of those who test positive show only mild symptoms and most recover, more than 100 people in the county and more than 1,800 statewide have died of COVID-19 through July 26.

Posted 4:41 p.m. Jul 27, 2020 — Updated 7:48 p.m. Jul 27, 2020

RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County has counted its 10,000th positive case of the novel coronavirus. The first case reported in North Carolina came from Wake County in early March.

Since that time, Wake County has recorded an average of 68 positive cases per day, or about .9% of all Wake County residents. The average age of those infected is 39.

At just over 10,000 cases, or about 955 cases per 100,000 residents, Wake County has a lower density of cases than neighboring counties of Durham, Johnston, Chatham and Lee.

While many of those who test positive show only mild symptoms and most recover, 108 people in the county and 1,820 statewide have died of COVID-19 through July 26. North Carolina estimates that more than 92,000 people, or 80% of those who test positive, have recovered from the coronavirus over the past five months.

Across the United States, 146,951 people have died, 4.2 million people have tested positive for coronavirus and 1.3 million have recovered.

In recent days, North Carolina has appeared to have flattened the curve of new cases and coronavirus deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new cases has been just under 2,000 per day since July 14. The daily number of deaths has been 19 or 20 in that same period.

According to research at Johns Hopkins University, 16.3 million people have been diagnosed with coronavirus worldwide, with a quarter of those cases in the United States. Just about 650,000 people have died around the world. The U.S. is the leader in the number of deaths as well.

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