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Testing for coronavirus continues to be a challenge both nationally and in North Carolina, with even people who meet the guidelines for testing struggling to get tested.

FOLLOWING ON WRAL NEWS AT 6:00 WHICH STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> WITH A NEW WEEK COMES HOPE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M DEBRA MORGAN. >> I'M DAVID CRABTREE. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE AT LEAST 36 CONFIRMED CASES IN NORTH CAROLINA. STATE OWE 0 FIRMS TELL US THAT NUMBER IS LIKELY TO RISE, HOWEVER THE RESPONSE IS BECOMING STRONGER. >> THE WRAL TEAM IS COVERING EFFORTS TO CONFIRM CASES, LIMITED EXPOSURE, STOCK YOUR CABINETS AND KEEP THE CHILDREN BUSY. AND THAT ALL STARTS WITH GETTING A TRUE SENSE OF HOW MANY CASES ARE OUT THERE. WRAL WHY THAT IS CHANGING AS SOON AS THIS WEEK, COLLIN. >> DEBORAH, TESTING CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN OUR STATE, WE'RE HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO MEET THE GUIDELINES FOR TESTING, THEY HAVE FEVER, COUGH, LOWER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO GET TESTED FOR COVID-19. >> IN A BRIEFING THE STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR SAID THEY ARE WORKING ON. WE STILL SUSPECT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME COMMUNITY SPREAD. >> THE FEAR OF COULD HAVE HAD SPREAD DRIVERS DEMAND FOR TESTING, OUTDISTANCING SUPPLY. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE STATE IS OVERWHELMED BY THIS RIGHT NOW? >> THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED. I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN THEM. >> WE SPOKE TO A LOCAL WOMAN WHOSE HISTORY, HE TESTED NEGATIVE FOR FLU DESPITE A FEVER AND BREATHING PROBLEMS,. >> IF IT'S THIS DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET A TEST, THAT MEANS IT'S THIS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY TO GET A TEST. >> TESTING KEEPS INCREASING WITH WELL OVER 300 AT THE STATE LAB. 1300 AVAILABLE AND MORE AND MORE PRIVATE LAB CAPACITY BY THE DAY. ONE CHALLENGE IS SETTING UP ENOUGH SITES TO TAKE SAMPLES. >> WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF OUR PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO STAND UP ALTERNATIVE SAMPLE COLLECTION SITE THAT PROVIDERS COULD EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY FORGETTING THAT SAMPLE. >> ELIZABETH TILLSON PROMISE PROGRESS BUT ACKNOWLEDGES IT'S A PROCESS. >> IT'S BEEN A DEMAND, SO WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO HELP NAVIGATE THAT. >> IF 100 OTHER PEOPLE, GOING TO WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY AFFECTED. >> WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS THAT MOTHER WAS ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR TESTING FOR HER SON LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SHE EXPECTS TO GET THOSE RESULTS BACK IN 2 TO 3 DAYS, AS WE MEDICINE ADDITION TO THE STATE LAB, MORE PARTNERS ARE COMING ONLINE FOR TESTING, FOR INSTANCE UNC NOW HAS THE CAPABILITY TO TEST FOR COVID- 19, WRAL SARAH KRUEGER GOT A LOOK INSIDE THE LAB THERE. >> THAT LAB IS HERE AT UNC HOSPITAL. WE KNOW THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TESTING CAPACITY. BUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE CAN ADDRESS THAT. INSIDE THE LAB THERE ARE WORKING TO TEST SAMPLES OBTAINED BY THROAT OR NASAL SWABS BY PATIENTS AT VARIOUS UNC FACILITIES. THE LAB HAD TESTED 40 SAMPLES TODAY. AHEAD OF THE LAB DR. MELISSA MILLER SAID THEY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TEST 500 PATIENTS A DAY. >> I'VE PROBABLY NEVER BEEN MORE STRESSED IN MY CAREER. IT'S BEEN A VERY HIGH LEVEL, STRESS LEVEL, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD, THERE IS INTENSE PRESSURE TO GET TESTING UP, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT AND CAREFUL. >> DR. MILLER SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TEST EVERYONE WHO. ABOUTS TO BE TESTED, THEY ARE

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<p>I'm meteorologist, Amy Wilmoth, here in the WRL severe Weather Center, we've had some heavy rain roll through the area today. That's going to be moving out overnight tonight. But then we'll have another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms for Wednesday. That will be mainly in the afternoon and evening. It's certainly been an unsettled day. We went with a 100% chance for rain today and we have certainly seen that materialize, but things will settle down overnight tonight and we should get a little bit of a break. It should be mainly cloudy for the morning commute on Wednesday. It's likely going to be dry just as shower possible, but shouldn't be a big deal. And then heading into the afternoon, we'll have some scattered storms. We do have a level one risk for the entire area tomorrow in the evening, storms will be possible and some of those could be severe. The biggest threats with any storms that do form tomorrow would be some damaging wind gusts and some heavy rain and the potential for some localized flooding. A look at the rain chances for Wednesday. It's only a slim chance for rain the first half of the day, only about a 20% chance for rain after lunchtime is when we start to see those numbers go up. It's about a 50 to 60% chance late in the afternoon, early in the evening and then a 70% chance for showers and storms at six and seven o'clock tomorrow evening. So we can take a look at this with futurecast, the heavy rain moving out overnight tonight and it should be fairly quiet late tonight and overnight tonight as well. And then Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. it's cloudy. We might have a stray shower or a few sprinkles and that would be about it. And then when we get to lunchtime, we'll start to notice the activity developing, especially in our southern counties. And as we get into the afternoon and evening, we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms moving through and any storms that do could become severe. And again, the biggest threat would be some damaging winds. So unsettled weather again, Wednesday, especially the second half of the day. And then we have a couple of quiet days. Only a 20% chance for rain Thursday and Friday with highs in the low eighties. Friday night storm chances go back up to a 50% chance. We'll have some scattered storms Saturday and a few isolated storms possible. On Sunday, we're back to some drier weather on Monday and Tuesday.</p>

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