WRAL Data Trackers Coverage

North Carolina in top five for new COVID cases reported daily
North Carolina's daily COVID-19 cases have been trending downward over the last seven weeks, but the state is still one of the worst in the United States for new cases per capita.

Wake County, state record K-12 enrollment declines
The first of many years of expected enrollment decline has hit the Wake County Public School System.

NC in top 10 nationwide for getting vaccine doses out, but lags in shots per capita
North Carolina's distribution of coronavirus vaccines has not been without flaws. But while the state was originally in the bottom 10 nationwide for total shots administered and its per capita rate, it is beginning to rebound from that shaky start.

People staying at home as much now as they were during holiday rush, data shows
People are out of their homes about as much as they were over that holiday week.

NC surpasses 10,000 COVID deaths
Over the last 11 months, people from every demographic, age bracket and corner of the state have died due to the virus.

NC hospital occupancy trending in right direction
Health officials have maintained that morbidity rates and strains on hospital systems are two ways to best track COVID spread and severity.

Models predict NC's COVID death rate will slow over next few months
According to the IHME model, the best case scenario would result in an additional 3437 people in North Carolina dying by May 1, down from nearly 5200 deaths experienced over the past three months

Counties giving out the most vaccines fall behind when it comes to rate per population
More than a million shots have gone into arms here in North Carolina. Some counties are vaccinating a greater rates of their residents than others

Vaccine disparities remain despite opening it up to 65+ population
Few states are tracking that data. But North Carolina is among 17 states releasing the metrics to the public.

Critical hospital staffing shortage expected to worsen, data shows
More than 900 hospitals across the country are experiencing critical staffing shortages as COVID-19 pandemic rages on.

Community leaders address concern over slow vaccine rollout as more than 80% of Wake County doses head straight to hospitals
In Wake County, more than four out of every five doses have been distributed to hospitals, a higher percentage than other counties.

State working to clear up CDC data discrepancy
North Carolina health officials are disputing the number of vaccines they've administered, saying the number is higher than what is on the CDC's site.

COVID patients overwhelming some local hospital systems, data shows
COVID patients make up 15 to 30 percent of all people hospitalized at most Raleigh and Durham hospitals.

NC ranks in top 10 for inpatient COVID numbers
Less than a quarter of all hospital beds in North Carolina remain available, according to the most recent information from the North Carolina DHHS.

NC preps for possible protests, extremists to march on State Capitol
North Carolina has 53 known extremists groups, researchers found.

Durham police solved 1 in 10 shootings in 2020
Durham police have cleared about 1 in 10 shootings in 2020, a year in which gun violence spiked in the city.

Some health workers opt out of COVID vaccine
WRAL found anywhere between 50 and 70 percent of those eligible to get vaccinated in the first phase, chose to. Around half of the employees at Cape Fear Valley Health opted out of getting vaccinated, a spokesperson said. That rate was lower at Duke where about 30 percent of those eligible weren't interested.

Vaccine uptake slow among some health care workers, surveys find
Reaching out to local health systems, WRAL found anywhere between 50 and 70 percent of those eligible to get vaccinated in the first phase, chose to.

Mountain counties have greater concentration of 75+; vaccine rollout slow
While some county health departments have started vaccinating community members who are 75 years and older, more urban counties like Durham and Wake are still in the very first phase - 1A - of COVID-19 vaccine distribution.