WRAL Data Trackers Coverage

What's your risk of catching COVID? UNC professor maps out the chances
As with real estate, location, location, location is often key to the likelihood of catching coronavirus and contracting COVID-19.

UNC-Chapel Hill professor maps likelihood of meeting someone with COVID in your neighborhood
As with real estate, location, location, location is often key to the likelihood of catching coronavirus and contracting COVID-19.

If you meet 5 Moore County residents, chances are good one has coronavirus
While 12.6 percent of coronavirus tests are coming back positive across North Carolina, more than a quarter of counties have positive test rates of more than 15 percent. Moore County's rate is 19.1 percent, the third-highest in the state, while Orange County's is the lowest statewide at 3.4 percent.

'Breakthrough' infections increasing in NC, but vaccinated people much less likely to be hospitalized, die
Nearly one-fifth of the coronavirus infections reported in North Carolina during the first half of August were in people already fully vaccinated, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

As NC's coronavirus infections, hospitalizations soar, expect more deaths
Hospitalizations and deaths have trailed spikes in coronavirus infections during the pandemic. So, as more new cases and hospital patients have been reported in North Carolina in recent weeks, an increased number of virus-related deaths might not be far off.

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in children, data shows
Nearly one-fifth of all coronavirus cases reported across the state are among children 18 and younger.

More than 430 coronavirus cases reported in Wake County schools ahead of first day of classes
As students prepare to head back-to-school, coronavirus cases in children are ticking upward. Nearly a fifth of all coronavirus cases reported in North Carolina are among children under 18 as of Friday.

Data shows COVID-19 much deadlier than flu
North Carolina is averaging 28 deaths a day from COVID-10, compared with six deaths a week from influenza in the 2018-19 flu season, which was the last season unaffected by the pandemic, WRAL Data Trackers have found.

WRAL Data Trackers: Financial incentives coinciding with some gains in COVID-19 vaccination rates
A relatively small share of the North Carolina population will be eligible for the COVID-19 booster shot that federal officials plan to roll out in September.

NC doesn't release data on 'breakthrough' infections of vaccinated people
Nineteen states provide data on "breakthrough" coronavirus infections among their vaccinated residents, but North Carolina isn't one of them. State officials do say that only 523 vaccinated people have been hospitalized for COVID-19 since the beginning of the year.

NC's rural residents, uninsured younger people lead those hesitant to get vaccinated
In North Carolina, there's overlap in rural communities that are uninsured and that have low vaccination rates.

All but 1 NC county considered high virus transmission areas
North Carolina reported another 15,000 coronavirus infections in the past three days, pushing the daily average to more than 5,000 new cases a day over the last week.

NC's virus trend line changed dramatically, quickly
A month ago, on July 15, only 14 North Carolina counties were considered high coronavirus transmission areas. Now, almost the whole state is.

Outbreaks at nursing homes shine light on disparate staff, resident vaccination rates
About 80% of long term residents in North Carolina facilities are vaccinated but only 54% of workers are.

Redrawing NC's election maps: Census data shows increasingly more diverse population
On Thursday the Census Bureau released data integral to the state's redistricting plan. The state population is increasingly more diverse.

Dog bites hit recent high in June, July as RPD warns of increase
More than 60 bites reported in both June and July in Raleigh.

Here's the counties with the most COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita
WRAL Data trackers found that COVID-19 hospitalizations don't necessarily correlate with vaccination rates. Here's a county-by-county break down of where hospitalizations are the highest per capita.

Scotland, Moore, Hoke counties reporting most new COVID hospitalizations in NC
Across the state, on average, 189 people with COVID are being admitted to hospitals daily.

One out of every five coronavirus cases is among kids, data shows
In the fall, when North Carolina's case rate was nearly identical, children and youths under 18 made up 10% of total infections.