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SITUATION UPDATE: JULY 21
As of 12 p.m. today:
NC Cases |
NC Deaths |
NC Tests Completed |
NC Currently Hospitalized |
102,861 |
1,668 |
1,458,997 |
Value |
More data are available online at covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard.
Daily Updates:
ICYMI:
Daily Updates:
- Governor Roy Cooper and members of the Coronavirus Task Force will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m. regarding COVID-19. Check the Governor's public schedule for call-in details.
- NCDHHS' work to increase COVID-19 testing access, including its innovative universal testing strategy within skilled nursing facilities, has been cited as a national model in the Rockefeller Foundation’s newly-released National COVID-19 Testing & Tracing Action Plan. Read more.
- Governor Cooper announced that NCDHHS has approved a third vendor, NC Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA), to expand free COVID-19 testing to historically marginalized communities that currently have limited testing sites. So far, Vidant Health and Orig3n Inc. have coordinated more than 70 testing events through this initiative. Read more.
- NCDHHS has upcoming community testing events in Bladen, Duplin, Edgecombe, Halifax, Hertford, Johnston, Northampton and Sampson counties. For an up-to-date list of events, visit the Community Testing Events webpage. Events are listed under the name of their coordinating vendor, Vidant Health or Orig3n Inc. NCCHCA testing events will also be listed as they come available. There is no cost for testing.
ICYMI:
- NCDHHS unveiled an updated COVID-19 Dashboard that includes more granular information about hospital capacity and hospitalization trends, both statewide and broken down by region. These new hospitalization data will provide additional insight into North Carolina’s hospital capacity in the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.
- NCDHHS selected 13 businesses to join its pool of qualified vendors to support the state’s response to COVID-19, bringing the total number of vendors to 39. North Carolina is responding to the pandemic on multiples fronts, including building the state’s testing and contact tracing infrastructure, while surging assets in communities and populations that have been hardest hit by COVID-19. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Round 3, which is for testing and lab capacity, is now posted. The deadline for response is July 31. Read more.
- Governor Cooper sent a letter to the North Carolina Congressional Delegation asking for their continued support addressing the critical needs of the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.