Two more Triangle residents test positive for coronavirus
Two new patients have been confirmed to have the coronavirus, one in Wake County and another in Durham County, health officials announced Wednesday.
Posted — UpdatedDurham County officials confirmed a resident tested positive for coronavirus in another state.
The two bring the total cases involving North Carolina residents to nine.
A resident in Chatham County was confirmed to have the virus, COVID-19, last week.
“This is not a surprise,” said Wake County Medical Director Dr. Kim McDonald. “As we track the movements of the people already affected by COVID-19, it’s likely that more individuals will test presumptively positive for the virus.”
Wake County officials said the latest person who contracted the coronavirus came in close contact with a traveler from Indiana who visited Biogen in Raleigh last week. The Indiana resident tested presumptive positive for COVID-19 after returning home.
Durham County Government said in a press release the person from there was not in close contact with any other Durham County residents while having symptoms. The person traveled through Raleigh-Durham International Airport, and "the risk to passengers on the flight and others within the airport is considered low," officials said.
"Because this individual was not in close contact with any Durham residents, the risk to Durham County is low," said Rod Jenkins, Durham County Department of Public Health director. "Our public health team is continuing to work with state and federal health officials, health care providers, and emergency management officials to protect the health and wellbeing of Durham County residents."
On Wednesday evening, Campbell University posted on its Twitter page that a student was being self-quarantined after developing symptoms.
"There are no positive COVID-19 cases in our community at this time," Campbell officials said. "Currently, we have one student who has self-quarantined after being seen at the Health Center presenting symptoms prompting a test to determine if the symptoms are related to COVID-19. The student and their apartment mates will remain in isolation until the diagnosis is determined or the illness is resolved."
The World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic as the death count reached move than 4,200.
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