Name: NC death rate spikes in parallel with pandemic
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Description: Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 contributed to an increase in the rate of death across North Carolina.

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Deaths either directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 contributed to an increase in the rate of death across North Carolina.

SCREENINGS AND >>> 11,500 52 11,552, THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA LOST ALLIES TO COVID- 19 , 11,000 FAMILIES WITH AN EMPTY SEAT AT THE TABLE, MISSING A LOVED ONE. >> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE CLAIMS PEOPLE WHO DIE FROM COVID  WERE LIKELY GOING TO DIE SOON ANYWAY, THAT COMORBIDITIES OR ILLNESSES WHERE THE REAL CAUSES AND THAT THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS NOT MUCH HIGHER THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE VIRUS. OUR DATA REPORTER GATHERED AND ANALYZED NUMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND FOUND OUT THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL. >> Reporter: A FEW MONTHS AGO A DAY LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE FOUND JERRY ON THE GREENWAY, WALKING AND WAITING TO FAMILIAR FACES. >> WE USED TO SAY THAT HE BROUGHT HOME STRAYS BUT NOT DOGS, BUT RANDOM PEOPLE. >> Reporter: BETSY AND HER FATHER SHARED STAYING ACTIVE, LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS, AND SCIENCE, HE WAS A PHYSICIST AND SHE IS A BIOCHEMIST. >> HE WAS SO PROUD. >> Reporter: BOTH WERE CAREFUL WITH COVID,  AND WHEN HE FELT TIRED IN THE SUMMER, NEITHER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL HIS BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DROPPED TO 60% AND HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. >> I WAS HOLDING HIS HAND AND ONE OF THE DOCTORS CAME IN AND SHE SAID, I NEED YOU TO LEAVE THE ROOM, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD DO SOME PROCEDURE. I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? SHE SAID HE HAS COVID, YOU HAVE TO GO . >> Reporter: HE DIED TWO DAYS LATER, ONE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM COVID IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 2020 . ALL OF THE DEATH RECORDS WILL NOT BE FINALIZED FOR MONTHS, SO I REACHED OUT TO ALL 100 COUNTIES FOR THEIR NUMBERS AND WORKED WITH DATA COLLECTED BY THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS TO LOOK AT COVID'S EFFECTS . THE STATE HAVE SEEN THE DEATH RATE SLOWLY GO UP, ONLY INCREASING BETWEEN ONE PERCENT AND 3% THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020, IT SURGED, INCREASING 17%, NEARLY HALF OF THAT INCREASE IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO COVID DEATHS . THIS MAP LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE STATE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THESE COUNTIES HAD MORE THAN A 20% INCREASE IN DEATHS IN 2020. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE DYING RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: THE YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE IN DEATHS IN BUNCOMBE IS OVER 10% AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COUNTY HISTORY THE DEATH RATE SURPASSED THE BIRTHRATE. AS IT DID IN 40 OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE. >> WHEN YOU SEE THE MASSIVE SPIKE AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT ALL COMING FROM COVID DEATHS , YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ONE IS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE OTHER. >> Reporter: ANOTHER FACTOR IN THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN DEATHS, AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES REGISTERED TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN SUICIDES AND OVERDOSES. WHAT ARE OFTEN COINED AS DEPTHS OF DESPAIR. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, GENERAL LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR ALL AMERICANS HAS DECREASED BY ONE YEAR BECAUSE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DYING IN 2020 FROM COVID . THAT IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE YEAR DECLINE SINCE WORLD WAR II. THAT IS ONLY ONE OF THE LONG- TERM RAMIFICATIONS THAT EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. DR. LESLIE CURTIS RESEARCHES THE HEALTH OF POPULATIONS AND WORRIES ABOUT HOW COMMUNITIES FUNCTION PROPERLY AFTER LOSING SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. >> WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT NATURAL DYING AT THE END OF A NATURAL LIFE EXPECTANCY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CUT SHORT IN THEIR LIVES. >> Reporter: THAT IS SOMETHING SHE IS STRUGGLING TO COME TO TERMS WITH. >> IT IS NOT FAIR. >>> WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM MOST COUNTIES STAY WHITE AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE FROM 2019 TO 2020, AND HOW MUCH DEATH RATES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,  GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WRAL.COM , OR THE WRAL

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I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center. No more thirties in the forecast and we don't have a frost threat tonight so you can leave your plants be, temperatures are falling into the upper forties to lower fifties overnight. We've got a different wind direction and some more clouds that will fill in by daybreak tomorrow at the bus stop, it'll be in the low to mid fifties for most of the kids out there. So a mild start, but you may want to send your kids to school with an umbrella because by the time they head home, some of us are going to be dealing with a chance for rain during the afternoon. It's all due to this cold front. Approaching from the northwest. There's not a lot of moisture for the front to work with, but just enough and enough lift to squeeze out some rain. I think that rain chances would start in our northwestern counties around 11 a.m. through lunchtime. And then that chance is really closer to, to three o'clock here in the triangle. But that might be when the kids are heading home as we get toward 456. It would be south and east of the triangle with the best chance for rain. Rocky Mount, Southern Pines. I'm thinking you'll be in that 3 to 5 p.m. time frame for rain. It's not going to be a very heavy rain. There is a small chance of a thunderstorm embedded, but most of us will just see some pretty light rain. In fact, models are showing less than 5/100 of an inch of rain. So very tiny rainfall amounts from this event. We do have the Durham Bulls in town this week. And luckily the forecast looks good for all of their home games. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We've just got wonderful baseball weather. Temperatures will be near 70 for the first pitches and the rain should be over in Durham, the triangle by the time we get to dinner time for tomorrow evening, which means it's likely to be a dry game for us. Your seven day forecast show, some big changes are on the way though. We've got 74 for the high Wednesday with chance for rain Thursday just 72. So a small dip in our high temperatures more noticeable at night though we fall into the upper forties Thursday night to Friday morning, we're going with 47 as the low Friday morning around the triangle. And then once we get to the weekend temperatures begin to rebound. However, that will come with an increasing cloud cover mostly cloudy Saturday and Sunday. But back in the eighties by Sunday and even warmer next week, highs could climb near 90 a week from today.

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Good evening. I'm Tis the cash with tonight's lottery drawings for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024. Good luck at the Carolina pick 38 is our first winning number tonight, followed by six, third pick 35 and the pick three. Fireball number is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick for checking tickets. Good luck. Six is first winning number tonight followed by zero, third pick 4, 1/4 winning number another zero. And our pick for fireball number is three. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $528,000. Good luck first winning cash five number 28 cash 5, 33. 3rd winning number 13. Our fourth cash five tonight, 25 and good luck. Our final winning number is 30. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every night right here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS HALEM ERIC, I'M JOHN CROW TO SEIZE APRIL 23RD AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED ANNUITIZED 202 MILLION DOLLARS. >> TO WIN THAT JACKPOT, YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL. NOW AS YOU MAKE IT MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS A 43 FOLLOWED. MY 39. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 11 IN X NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS TUESDAY EVENING IS 33 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 14 AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 43. 39, 11,

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Good afternoon. I'm Grace Hall and welcome to this afternoon's drawings for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024. Let's get started with the Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is the first number is one followed by 30 and then your fire ball is four. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to the Carolina pick for the first pick four. Number is still waiting for those numbers to draw. As I said this afternoon's drawing, our auditor is mcconnell Jones L LP. Now we've got your first number is eight then zero, then nine followed by eight and your fireball is four. Thank you for watching.

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Good evening, America. I'm Michelle Isles. Tonight. We've got another life changing jackpot for you in an estimated amount of $116 million. Get your tickets out. We'll start things off tonight with the number 39 right after that America. We have 12. Let's congratulate Francisco Nunez of North Carolina who won $150,000. Now, your next number up tonight is 16. That's followed by 52 and we're rounded out tonight with 33. Now for your winning powerball number. Good luck, everyone. It is one and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take another look at those winning numbers. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Wednesday night. Good night. It's time to play America's favorite.

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