​SITUATION UPDATE: JULY 27

​As of 12 p.m. today:
 NC Cases
 NC Deaths
NC Tests
 Completed
NC Currently
  Hospitalized
114,338
1,790
1,635,476
1,169
​More data are available online at covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard.
Daily Updates:
  • There is no dial-in media briefing regarding COVID-19 planned for today. More details on the next media briefing will be included in tomorrow's Situation Update.
  • Effective Aug. 1, 2020, a booster dose of meningococcal conjugant vaccine (MenACWY) is required for students entering the 12th grade in public, private or religious schools in North Carolina. Students who do not meet this requirement may not be allowed to attend school until they receive the booster dose. Read more.
  • Governor Roy Cooper issued an Executive Order returning regulatory authority for skilled nursing facilities to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). Current restrictions remain in place as NCDHHS collaborates with industry and advocacy organizations, monitors progress and evaluates options to best protect the health and wellbeing of staff, residents and their loved ones. Read more.
  • Funding is now available to help North Carolinians in crisis pay cooling or heating bills or secure cooling or heating resources. Read more.
  • NCDHHS has upcoming community testing events in Bladen, Duplin, Johnston, Edgecombe, Henderson, Hertford, Northampton, Randolph, Robeson, Sampson and Warren 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, NCCHCA, Orig3n or Vidant Health. There is no cost for testing. 

ICYMI:
  • Governor Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D. with Claudia Velasco-Osorio, Consul General of Mexico in Raleigh, and Jorge Archila, Consul General of Guatemala, released a joint statement on the effect of COVID-19 on the Latinx/Hispanic Community. The statement is available in English and Spanish.
  • Read the op-ed from Governor Cooper addressing the need for Congress to act now and extend unemployment benefits for struggling workers.
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