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More than 1,000 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in NC for 3 straight weeks — More than 1,200 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across North Carolina on Tuesday, marking the 21st straight day that figure has topped 1,000. Another 2,141 coronavirus infections were reported statewide, and 41 more deaths from the virus have been reported.
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Paused in Phase 3: Cooper asks local leaders to do more to contain coronavirus spread
When Gov. Roy Cooper allowed bars and movie theaters to reopen with limited capacity on October 2, the state had seen weeks of basically stable numbers of new coronavirus cases and deaths. After a week of increasing cases and record numbers of deaths and hospitalizations, he put any further openings of businesses on hold for at least three weeks.

October 21, 2020 7:29 p.m. EDT
NC hits new one-day high in coronavirus deaths
With three days left until North Carolina's current restrictions to limit the spread of coronavirus expire, the state's trend lines related to the virus continue to look troubling.

October 21, 2020 8:14 a.m. EDT
NC considering later deadline for absentee ballots
Nearly 1 million North Carolinians have requested absentee ballots already.

September 23, 2020 3:06 p.m. EDT
Social distancing trends in NC have flattened in recent months
Using cellphone data to help plot people's movements, experts have determined that North Carolina residents are practicing social distancing as much as they were early in the coronavirus pandemic, but it's still more than they were before the pandemic began.

September 16, 2020 9:00 p.m. EDT
NC reports 2,091 new cases of coronavirus, highest daily number this month
North Carolina reported 2,091 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, the highest daily total so far this month.

August 27, 2020 2:05 p.m. EDT
NC reports 35 deaths Tuesday from coronavirus; 2,599 have died since outbreak began
North Carolina reported 35 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total lives lost to 2,570 across the state since the pandemic began.

August 25, 2020 3:01 p.m. EDT
New coronavirus cases climb to over 2,000; impact of UNC outbreak evident
North Carolina reported 2,008 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the first time that daily number has topped 2,000 this month.

August 21, 2020 2:18 p.m. EDT
Mail-in ballot requests on track to break records in North Carolina
More than 300,000 North Carolina voters have requested mail-in ballots so far in 2020, a number on track to exceed requests from the last two general elections in the state combined.

August 24, 2020 10:32 a.m. EDT
NC daily new coronavirus cases -- 1,972 -- are highest in two weeks
After a series of up and down days and delays in reporting, North Carolina on Thursday reported 1,972 new cases of the novel coronavirus. That number is the highest single-day total in two weeks.

August 20, 2020 3:52 p.m. EDT
NC daily new coronavirus cases bounce back over 1,000
North Carolina reported 1,263 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, a number more in line with the statewide seven-day average of 1,269.

August 18, 2020 1:32 p.m. EDT
Another lab delay leads to lower-than-expected coronavirus data
A delay at one of the commercial laboratories that reports coronavirus test results to the state resulted in a lower-than-expected report of new cases on Monday.

August 17, 2020 2:36 p.m. EDT
As COVID-19 spikes in some ZIP codes, causes aren't always clear
As COVID-19 spikes in some ZIP codes, causes aren't always clear

August 13, 2020 11:59 a.m. EDT
State health officials drastically revise down COVID-19 data after LabCorp 'discrepancy'
State health officials announced they were reducing the official count of completed COVID-19 tests Wednesday by more than 200,000 after discovering a "discrepancy" in data provided by one of the country's largest private labs.

August 12, 2020 5:57 p.m. EDT
NC sees data delays, lowest coronavirus numbers in two months
The data, usually available around noon on the Department of Health and Humans Services COVID-19 North Carolina Dashboard, was late across the board Monday and Tuesday.

August 12, 2020 7:58 a.m. EDT
New WRAL tool shows COVID-19 spread in all 100 counties
On Tuesday, WRAL Data Trackers debuted a new way to explore the spread of cases in every county in North Carolina. This new interactive graphic shows a breakdown of more than four months of data on case growth county by county.

July 28, 2020 5:59 p.m. EDT
See how COVID-19 cases grew in NC, county by county
On Tuesday, WRAL Data Trackers debuted a new way to explore the spread of cases in every county in North Carolina.

July 28, 2020 6:00 p.m. EDT
DHHS expands data on COVID-19 hospitalizations
State health officials over the weekend began releasing new data on COVID-19 hospitalizations that provides more detail on how regions of the state are grappling with the disease's sickest patients.

July 20, 2020 5:11 p.m. EDT
New NC hospitalization data breaks down COVID-19 spikes by region
About 10 percent of the state's more than 3,000 intensive care beds are filled with COVID-19 patients.

July 20, 2020 5:12 p.m. EDT
Why COVID-19 deaths haven't kept pace with rising infections
Despite a steady rise in new COVID-19 cases in North Carolina, the number of new deaths attributed to the disease has kept relatively steady in recent weeks. But public health experts say they don't expect that trend to last.

July 15, 2020 5:48 p.m. EDT
As new COVID-19 cases continue to rise, deaths in NC may lag behind
Despite a steady rise in new COVID-19 cases in North Carolina, the number of new deaths attributed to the disease has kept relatively steady in recent weeks. But public health experts say they don't expect that trend to last.

July 15, 2020 5:59 p.m. EDT