SHORTER TIME. DEBORAH? MET LET'S CERTAINLY HOPE WE GET THE FLATLINE AND PLATEAU AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL AT ALL. ERIN THOMAS, LIVE IN RALEIGH. THANKS, ERIN. >>> OTHER CLUSTERS TIED TO SCHOOL, MOST OF THE DATA, SCHOOL -RELATED CASES ARE GOING FROM PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. AFTER PRIVATE SCHOOLS, STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK. THE LATE EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS NOW EXEMPT FROM THE STATE'S MANDATE, REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS' TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FROM K-12 TO WEAR THEM. WE ARE JOINED FROM KIRSTEN GUTIERREZ LIVE. KERISTEN? >> Reporter: GERALD, HERE IS A MAP OF CLUSTERS ACROSS THE STATE. I WAS HUMAN HERE ROSTER ACADEMY, WITH SEVERAL CLUSTERS. HERE, ALSO IN DURHAM CHRISTIAN LIBERTY ACADEMY, A TOTAL OF 26 CASES. NOW, THE MASK MANDATE IS HELPING TO REDUCE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS. WHEN IT COMES TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THEY HADN'T BEEN REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNTIL NOW. EXECUTIVE ORDER GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:00. BUT FOR MOST PRIVATE SCHOOLS, IT WON'T BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAY. CURRENTLY, PRIVATE SCHOOLS ACCOUNT FOR MORE COVID CLUSTERS THAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OUT OF THE 26 TOTAL CLUSTERS ACROSS OUR STATE, 14 OF THEM ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE MORE THAN 170 CASES AMONG STUDENTS AND STAFF. BRONX' DAUGHTER HANNAH IS A SECOND GRADER AT THE SCHOOL AND WHILE SHE IS AND PLEASE WITH THE MASS MEDIA, SHE SAYS, HER DAUGHTER WILL ADJUST. >> IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE MARCH AND WE WANT THIS ALL TO BE OVER. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD NO ISSUES IN THE SCHOOLS, WE HAD NO SPREAD FOR THE 15 WEEKS THAT BEEN ON CAMPUS. WE ALSO FOLLOW THE RULES. >> Reporter: LeBLANC TELLS US, SHE IS WORRIED THAT THE MASK