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I wonder what else will be in the new Exec Order at 4:30p today.

Random side note: I noticed today that the NandO has lowered their Carteret County death toll from 9 -> 3 to align with DHHS and county reports. Don't know why the initial misalignment, but it looks like they corrected it (it has been incorrect for some time).

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Agree on most of what you said.

Definitely not scared, actually took the kids back to daycare this week.

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Why should any of us be scared at this point? The same people who have been telling us to socially distance and stay home are telling us its OK to go out in large crowds and protest.

Most of the folks (looking at you Cooper) only believed it until something better came along they thought they could make their political points off of.

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I never denied COVID-19 exists, nor am I denying that it is of serious risk to certain elements of the population. And that it sucks that this virus came through and is wreaking havoc. Also that government at all levels failed at early appropriate action. And appropriate actions should be taken to mitigate that risk.

My contention has always been the response has not been commensurate to the crisis. The media has politicized a non-political issue and used fear and panic-porn to drive clicks and serve their own self interests.

Dissenting views were shouted down. I acknowledge there was an issue, we just didn't use the actual REAL data to formulate an appropriate response at any point.

The lies of omission to drive narrative frustrate me to no end.

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Wayland - This wasn't meant to you....i was talking about our politicians..


I appreciate what you guys do here because its the only place we are getting actual data

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Agree on most of what you said.

Definitely not scared, actually took the kids back to daycare this week.

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Why should any of us be scared at this point? The same people who have been telling us to socially distance and stay home are telling us its OK to go out in large crowds and protest.

Most of the folks (looking at you Cooper) only believed it until something better came along they thought they could make their political points off of.

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I never denied COVID-19 exists, nor am I denying that it is of serious risk to certain elements of the population. And that it sucks that this virus came through and is wreaking havoc. Also that government at all levels failed at early appropriate action. And appropriate actions should be taken to mitigate that risk.

My contention has always been the response has not been commensurate to the crisis. The media has politicized a non-political issue and used fear and panic-porn to drive clicks and serve their own self interests.

Dissenting views were shouted down. I acknowledge there was an issue, we just didn't use the actual REAL data to formulate an appropriate response at any point.

The lies of omission to drive narrative frustrate me to no end.

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Wayland - This wasn't meant to you....i was talking about our politicians..


I appreciate what you guys do here because its the only place we are getting actual data

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No worries, I am not sure I even took it that way. I am just in full on rant mode today.

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What a damn joke

I have updated some of my graphs based on today's latest reporting. I have also been interacting (positively) with one of the WRAL reporters on twitter. He agrees with Wayland and I about the problems with how NCDHHS is reporting data, particularly with regards to hospitalization data.

The charts below continue to show the lumpiness of the data as it regards daily positive case and death reports. For example, of the 1,189 new cases reported today, 705 of those cases are from samples taken on Monday. For the reports on deaths, one extends back to 5/5.

Daily cases by specimen date and date reported (includes new daily testing)


Daily cases by specimen date and date reported (includes daily % positive)



Daily deaths by date of death and date reported

If I read you chart right, I count 19 deaths accounted for (I only have data back to 5/7 so missed the 5/5 death).

But I think we had 21 on the day, which means there are 2 deaths still left unaccounted for by DHHS in today's update. Again, not huge deal, but it is what it is.

Unless, I miscounted on your chart?

Thanks for the graphs, they are great.

I'll be curious to see if there's a huge spike in the next couple days/weeks. There were large crowds during Memorial Day weekend and obviously large crowds during the protests. If there isn't a large spike, I would imagine the severe social distancing measures are a bit unnecessary.

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6/1/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 11:00am)

NC Cases*
29,263
NC Deaths**
898
Currently Hospitalized
650
Completed Tests
421,908

559 Deaths are now Congregate (+7)
72 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+12 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

267 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
631 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+8)

162 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+2)

WRAL is at 923 (+2) and NandO is at 944 deaths

674 positive cases over 5619 new tests. 12.0% positive rate.

3 of the deaths reported by DHHS today are over 10 days old. Expect a spike in hospitalizations tomorrow, hospitals have been slack in reporting on the weekends.

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6/2/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
29,889
NC Deaths**
921
Currently Hospitalized
716
Completed Tests
434,921

574 Deaths are now Congregate (+15)
76 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+23 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

271 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
650 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+19)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+1)

WRAL is at 933 (+2) and NandO is at 961 deaths

626 positive cases over 13,013 new tests. 4.8% positive rate.

DHHS is now releasing updates at noon instead of 11am. Apparently they need an extra hour to process increased testing data. Tough decisions on what data to release on what day to support narratives.

There is that jump back in hospitalizations I called yesterday now that most of them are reporting again.

5 of the deaths reported today occurred over a week ago. The remaining 17 all fall between 5/27-6/1.

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6/3/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
30,777
NC Deaths**
939
Currently Hospitalized
684
Completed Tests
449,263

585 Deaths are now Congregate (+11)
80 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+18 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

274 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
665 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+15)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+0)

WRAL is at 952 (+2) and NandO is at 980 deaths

888 positive cases over 14342 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Every day for the last 8 days contains at least 1 death reported in today's total.

26 of the deaths reported by the media but not reported by DHHS are coming from three counties.
Carteret - DHHS 3, NandO 9, County - 3
Robeson - DHHS 14, NandO 26, County - 22
Alamance - DHHS 20, NandO 28, County - 23

Media reporting that unfortunately, NC has had its first death of a minor due to COVID-19 complications.

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6/4/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
31,966
NC Deaths**
960
Currently Hospitalized
659
Completed Tests
468,302

598 Deaths are now Congregate (+13)
79 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+21 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

283 Deaths assumed General Population (+9)
677 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+12)

167 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 963 (+2) and NandO is at 997 deaths

1189 positive cases over 19039 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Big case day, massive number of tests. Hospitalizations down (85% reporting vs 88% yesterday). Most of the cases are from Monday, maybe they are getting a little quicker at reporting.

Based on my daily tracking of deaths by date starting 5/7. Three of the death reported today either were not added to the DHHS graph or occurred greater than a month ago. 1 is from 5/21 and the remainder are from within the last week.

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6/5/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
33,255
NC Deaths**
966
Currently Hospitalized
717
Completed Tests
482,147

602 Deaths are now Congregate (+4)
78 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+6 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

286 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
683 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+3)

171 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 1004 (+2) and NandO is at 1006 deaths

1289 positive cases over 13845 new tests. 9.3% positive rate.

More high case day. Maybe this will be the weekend dump early. Still wondering about the 40 gap in deaths. I wonder if there is something to probably vs confirmed cases. Whatever. Will get there eventually.

Being reported that the vaccine trials are going so well that one company, astrozenica I believe, is planning to have 2 billion doses of the vaccine ready to go by September, with them already committing 300 million if those doses to the USA. That would be huge if it all works out.

One of the headlines now on cnn.com...."Coronavirus cases double every three weeks in North Carolina. Where your state stands".

But when I click on the link, I don't get any data....

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One of the headlines now on cnn.com...."Coronavirus cases double every three weeks in North Carolina. Where your state stands".

But when I click on the link, I don't get any data....

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Some of that goes to show you just how bad the early testing in the state was.

"Corona cases positively identified by testing" may be doubling. But I highly doubt actual tests are doubling. But media has to hold on to something to try and drive the fear. What happens when crisis and clicks go away?

I mean when you look at the cases by data of sampling. There probably won't be a huge jump in cases week over week? 10-20% maybe this week vs last. Still not overly concerned if we can keep it out of LTC.

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How is this guy still leading in the polls?

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One of the headlines now on cnn.com...."Coronavirus cases double every three weeks in North Carolina. Where your state stands".

But when I click on the link, I don't get any data....

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Some of that goes to show you just how bad the early testing in the state was.

"Corona cases positively identified by testing" may be doubling. But I highly doubt actual tests are doubling. But media has to hold on to something to try and drive the fear. What happens when crisis and clicks go away?

I mean when you look at the cases by data of sampling. There probably won't be a huge jump in cases week over week? 10-20% maybe this week vs last. Still not overly concerned if we can keep it out of LTC.

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Exactly my thoughts. Just amazed though how presentation of facts w/o context can make such a headline.
And I'm sure our governor can use this to justify his policy decisions.....

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One of the headlines now on cnn.com...."Coronavirus cases double every three weeks in North Carolina. Where your state stands".

But when I click on the link, I don't get any data....

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Some of that goes to show you just how bad the early testing in the state was.

"Corona cases positively identified by testing" may be doubling. But I highly doubt actual tests are doubling. But media has to hold on to something to try and drive the fear. What happens when crisis and clicks go away?

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As in for example ? (These numbers are only an illustration, I am not representing them as real)

12 weeks ago 100 cases
9 weeks ago 200 cases
6 weeks ago 400 cases
3 weeks ago 800 cases
now 1600 cases

Exactly twelve (12) weeks ago today was March 13... I think the day that the ACC Tournament was cancelled.

I mean, yeah - I could see that... or am I not interpreting that right?

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One of the headlines now on cnn.com...."Coronavirus cases double every three weeks in North Carolina. Where your state stands".

But when I click on the link, I don't get any data....

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Some of that goes to show you just how bad the early testing in the state was.

"Corona cases positively identified by testing" may be doubling. But I highly doubt actual tests are doubling. But media has to hold on to something to try and drive the fear. What happens when crisis and clicks go away?

I mean when you look at the cases by data of sampling. There probably won't be a huge jump in cases week over week? 10-20% maybe this week vs last. Still not overly concerned if we can keep it out of LTC.

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Exactly my thoughts. Just amazed though how presentation of facts w/o context can make such a headline.
And I'm sure our governor can use this to justify his policy decisions.....

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Or when the media presents two different states' data to compare but doesn't do so on the same scale or a per capita basis.

All these "NY is doing SOOOOO good, check out this decline graph, but wow <insert state name, Arizona, NC, whatever> is looking SOOOOO bad".

Let's of course, ignore for a second that on NY's best day they are still losing more people than NC on their worst (and adjusted for a per capita basis NC's highest day for deaths is about in line with NY's lowest).

I don't know why the media won't acknowledge the reason these states have such a nice decline is because the virus exhausted itself and killed a lot of people. NY, NJ, MA could all open WIDE open now and essentially have no great effect on their exit curve.

NC is still working it's way through, so mini outbreaks cause data disruption, and when a few of them line up, it will throw mini-peaks in there.

Just sick of states get credit for lowering their overall numbers when the only reason they are lower is because they just about their natural peaks. NY and NJ did nothing special and probably made things worse with their 'return to sender' policy on LTC patients back to nursing homes.

Jensen's tweet previous to that one is even more shocking relative to Meck County cases and deaths. Says out of the total of 106 deaths in Meck county, all but 1 had an underlying condition. Unreal

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One of the headlines now on cnn.com...."Coronavirus cases double every three weeks in North Carolina. Where your state stands".

But when I click on the link, I don't get any data....

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Some of that goes to show you just how bad the early testing in the state was.

"Corona cases positively identified by testing" may be doubling. But I highly doubt actual tests are doubling. But media has to hold on to something to try and drive the fear. What happens when crisis and clicks go away?

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As in for example ? (These numbers are only an illustration, I am not representing them as real)

12 weeks ago 100 cases
9 weeks ago 200 cases
6 weeks ago 400 cases
3 weeks ago 800 cases
now 1600 cases

Exactly twelve (12) weeks ago today was March 13... I think the day that the ACC Tournament was cancelled.

I mean, yeah - I could see that... or am I not interpreting that right?

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12 weeks ago 100 cases <- Testing critical of most critical
9 weeks ago 200 cases <- Testing over 65 and most critical
6 weeks ago 400 cases <-- Testing all with symptoms.
3 weeks ago 800 cases <-- Testing anyone who wants it.
now 1600 cases <-- Testing anyone who wants it and proactively chasing hot spots (LTC, prisons, food proc, disproportionately affected communities).

Just ball parking what those mean based on policy changes on testing parameters. While the headline isn't 'untrue' it doesn't provide any context. I honestly don't know what the true numbers are, but the number of tests run line and the number of positive tests are highly correlated.

Which again, testing only captures a FRACTION of the actual cases. So it is beneficial for identifying places of higher risk, but without context to the results it doesn't give you a full picture.

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Jensen's tweet previous to that one is even more shocking relative to Meck County cases and deaths. Says out of the total of 106 deaths in Meck county, all but 1 had an underlying condition. Unreal

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Meck for all their craziness at the leadership level does some of the best data reports at a county level. So props to them for that.

Interesting stat actually builds on what I noticed the other day, the Hispanic community accounts for a huge amount of the cases in NC but a much smaller number of deaths.

Meck calls it out in their data report today. They are targeting testing in the Hispanic community since so many younger adults in those communities are positive. But while they account for 36.7% of the cases in Meck, they are only 2.9% of the deaths. So 3 deaths out of 1674 cases in Meck Co.

I appreciate that the testing can be highly focused and identify problem areas, that is good. But let's not pretend testing numbers mean the same thing today as they did 3 weeks ago.

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Because most of the pollsters way over sample certain particular political parties when they do their polls

I've appreciated Brett Jensen's reporting on this. Initially, I, admittedly, did not, and rid him on Twitter because he reported the numbers without any context, and did no digging. That has changed and he provides more context than any of the other "local" folks I follow

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For sure and i hope so...regardless of your party affiliation he's now cost Charlotte businesses millions of dollars at a time when they could all really use it hiding behind his (skewed) "science and data"

Heard on the news today that Forsyth County was having an increase in cases and it is being suggested that they have some super spreaders.

According to worldometers, active cases worldwide are trending downward over the past few days. Also love how the media, local and national, don't like saying how many cases are active but they love to throw that number of total cases around like money in Washington DC.

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6/1/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 11:00am)

NC Cases*
29,263
NC Deaths**
898
Currently Hospitalized
650
Completed Tests
421,908

559 Deaths are now Congregate (+7)
72 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+12 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

267 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
631 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+8)

162 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+2)

WRAL is at 923 (+2) and NandO is at 944 deaths

674 positive cases over 5619 new tests. 12.0% positive rate.

3 of the deaths reported by DHHS today are over 10 days old. Expect a spike in hospitalizations tomorrow, hospitals have been slack in reporting on the weekends.

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6/2/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
29,889
NC Deaths**
921
Currently Hospitalized
716
Completed Tests
434,921

574 Deaths are now Congregate (+15)
76 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+23 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

271 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
650 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+19)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+1)

WRAL is at 933 (+2) and NandO is at 961 deaths

626 positive cases over 13,013 new tests. 4.8% positive rate.

DHHS is now releasing updates at noon instead of 11am. Apparently they need an extra hour to process increased testing data. Tough decisions on what data to release on what day to support narratives.

There is that jump back in hospitalizations I called yesterday now that most of them are reporting again.

5 of the deaths reported today occurred over a week ago. The remaining 17 all fall between 5/27-6/1.

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6/3/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
30,777
NC Deaths**
939
Currently Hospitalized
684
Completed Tests
449,263

585 Deaths are now Congregate (+11)
80 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+18 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

274 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
665 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+15)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+0)

WRAL is at 952 (+2) and NandO is at 980 deaths

888 positive cases over 14342 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Every day for the last 8 days contains at least 1 death reported in today's total.

26 of the deaths reported by the media but not reported by DHHS are coming from three counties.
Carteret - DHHS 3, NandO 9, County - 3
Robeson - DHHS 14, NandO 26, County - 22
Alamance - DHHS 20, NandO 28, County - 23

Media reporting that unfortunately, NC has had its first death of a minor due to COVID-19 complications.

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6/4/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
31,966
NC Deaths**
960
Currently Hospitalized
659
Completed Tests
468,302

598 Deaths are now Congregate (+13)
79 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+21 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

283 Deaths assumed General Population (+9)
677 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+12)

167 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 963 (+2) and NandO is at 997 deaths

1189 positive cases over 19039 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Big case day, massive number of tests. Hospitalizations down (85% reporting vs 88% yesterday). Most of the cases are from Monday, maybe they are getting a little quicker at reporting.

Based on my daily tracking of deaths by date starting 5/7. Three of the death reported today either were not added to the DHHS graph or occurred greater than a month ago. 1 is from 5/21 and the remainder are from within the last week.

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6/5/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
33,255
NC Deaths**
966
Currently Hospitalized
717
Completed Tests
482,147

602 Deaths are now Congregate (+4)
78 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+6 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

286 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
680 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+3)

171 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 1004 (+2) and NandO is at 1006 deaths

1289 positive cases over 13845 new tests. 9.3% positive rate.

More high case day. Maybe this will be the weekend dump early. Still wondering about the 40 gap in deaths. I wonder if there is something to probably vs confirmed cases. Whatever. Will get there eventually.

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6/6/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

34,625
NC Deaths**
992
Currently Hospitalized
708
Completed Tests
497,350

621 Deaths are now Congregate (+19)
79 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+26 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

292 Deaths assumed General Population (+6)
700 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+20)

176 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+5)

WRAL is at 1032 (+2) and NandO is at 1028 deaths

1370 positive cases over 15203 new tests. 9.0% positive rate.

Biggest day of positive 'reported' cases. Deaths continue to be driven by congregate facilities.

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About 71% of those who have tested positive in Durham are Hispanic or Latino. Hispanics and Latinos make up about 14% of the county's total population.
"Our Latinx population is really bearing the brunt of the virus in Durham," Mayor Steve Schewel said during a Durham Recovery and Task Force meeting. "I think that is something that we have just got to do everything in our power to take on in the immediate future."
Durham County Health Department Director Rodney Jenkins said contact tracing information indicates that 85% to 95% of the new cases are Hispanic.

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https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article243331091.html

This is something I started noticing earlier this week in the state's numbers and Meck's numbers. But holy crap, Durham's are really crazy.

And I continue to not understand why we can't talk frankly as state government and people about things like this instead of dancing around it in briefings.

These communities are being massively disproportionately affected and it appears (rightly so) are starting to get some attention in testing and tracing. There is community spread and then there is COMMUNITY spread.

It is strange how the state dances around issues like these, without often explicitly saying what is really going on.

The only positive is that the death rate for these communities is disproportionately low. Likely primarily due to age. Where ethnicity is identified, Hispanics are 41% of the cases state wide but only 7% of the deaths. I hope the state is actively providing the appropriate resources there.

Side note: Looks like deaths are really accelerating in Meck, I wonder if all their congregate outbreaks are hitting the critical points at the same time.

That's awesome

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6/1/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 11:00am)

NC Cases*
29,263
NC Deaths**
898
Currently Hospitalized
650
Completed Tests
421,908

559 Deaths are now Congregate (+7)
72 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+12 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

267 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
631 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+8)

162 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+2)

WRAL is at 923 (+2) and NandO is at 944 deaths

674 positive cases over 5619 new tests. 12.0% positive rate.

3 of the deaths reported by DHHS today are over 10 days old. Expect a spike in hospitalizations tomorrow, hospitals have been slack in reporting on the weekends.

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6/2/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
29,889
NC Deaths**
921
Currently Hospitalized
716
Completed Tests
434,921

574 Deaths are now Congregate (+15)
76 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+23 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

271 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
650 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+19)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+1)

WRAL is at 933 (+2) and NandO is at 961 deaths

626 positive cases over 13,013 new tests. 4.8% positive rate.

DHHS is now releasing updates at noon instead of 11am. Apparently they need an extra hour to process increased testing data. Tough decisions on what data to release on what day to support narratives.

There is that jump back in hospitalizations I called yesterday now that most of them are reporting again.

5 of the deaths reported today occurred over a week ago. The remaining 17 all fall between 5/27-6/1.

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6/3/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
30,777
NC Deaths**
939
Currently Hospitalized
684
Completed Tests
449,263

585 Deaths are now Congregate (+11)
80 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+18 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

274 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
665 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+15)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+0)

WRAL is at 952 (+2) and NandO is at 980 deaths

888 positive cases over 14342 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Every day for the last 8 days contains at least 1 death reported in today's total.

26 of the deaths reported by the media but not reported by DHHS are coming from three counties.
Carteret - DHHS 3, NandO 9, County - 3
Robeson - DHHS 14, NandO 26, County - 22
Alamance - DHHS 20, NandO 28, County - 23

Media reporting that unfortunately, NC has had its first death of a minor due to COVID-19 complications.

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6/4/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
31,966
NC Deaths**
960
Currently Hospitalized
659
Completed Tests
468,302

598 Deaths are now Congregate (+13)
79 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+21 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

283 Deaths assumed General Population (+9)
677 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+12)

167 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 963 (+2) and NandO is at 997 deaths

1189 positive cases over 19039 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Big case day, massive number of tests. Hospitalizations down (85% reporting vs 88% yesterday). Most of the cases are from Monday, maybe they are getting a little quicker at reporting.

Based on my daily tracking of deaths by date starting 5/7. Three of the death reported today either were not added to the DHHS graph or occurred greater than a month ago. 1 is from 5/21 and the remainder are from within the last week.

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6/5/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
33,255
NC Deaths**
966
Currently Hospitalized
717
Completed Tests
482,147

602 Deaths are now Congregate (+4)
78 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+6 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

286 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
680 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+3)

171 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 1004 (+2) and NandO is at 1006 deaths

1289 positive cases over 13845 new tests. 9.3% positive rate.

More high case day. Maybe this will be the weekend dump early. Still wondering about the 40 gap in deaths. I wonder if there is something to probably vs confirmed cases. Whatever. Will get there eventually.

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6/6/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

34,625
NC Deaths**
992
Currently Hospitalized
708
Completed Tests
497,350

621 Deaths are now Congregate (+19)
79 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+26 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

292 Deaths assumed General Population (+6)
700 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+20)

176 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+5)

WRAL is at 1032 (+2) and NandO is at 1028 deaths

1370 positive cases over 15203 new tests. 9.0% positive rate.

Biggest day of positive 'reported' cases. Deaths continue to be driven by congregate facilities.

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6/7/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases
35,546
NC Deaths
996
Currently Hospitalized
696 <- only 76% hospitals reporting
Completed Tests
511,226

623 Deaths are now Congregate (+2)
80 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+4 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

293 Deaths assumed General Population (+1)
703 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+3)

171 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (-5)

WRAL is at 1038 (+2) and NandO is at 1028 deaths

921 positive cases over 13876 new tests.6.6% positive rate.

Hospitalizations up to 739. New high. Not great bob.

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6/1/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 11:00am)

NC Cases*
29,263
NC Deaths**
898
Currently Hospitalized
650
Completed Tests
421,908

559 Deaths are now Congregate (+7)
72 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+12 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

267 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
631 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+8)

162 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+2)

WRAL is at 923 (+2) and NandO is at 944 deaths

674 positive cases over 5619 new tests. 12.0% positive rate.

3 of the deaths reported by DHHS today are over 10 days old. Expect a spike in hospitalizations tomorrow, hospitals have been slack in reporting on the weekends.

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6/2/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
29,889
NC Deaths**
921
Currently Hospitalized
716
Completed Tests
434,921

574 Deaths are now Congregate (+15)
76 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+23 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

271 Deaths assumed General Population (+4)
650 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+19)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+1)

WRAL is at 933 (+2) and NandO is at 961 deaths

626 positive cases over 13,013 new tests. 4.8% positive rate.

DHHS is now releasing updates at noon instead of 11am. Apparently they need an extra hour to process increased testing data. Tough decisions on what data to release on what day to support narratives.

There is that jump back in hospitalizations I called yesterday now that most of them are reporting again.

5 of the deaths reported today occurred over a week ago. The remaining 17 all fall between 5/27-6/1.

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6/3/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
30,777
NC Deaths**
939
Currently Hospitalized
684
Completed Tests
449,263

585 Deaths are now Congregate (+11)
80 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+4)
+18 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

274 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
665 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+15)

163 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+0)

WRAL is at 952 (+2) and NandO is at 980 deaths

888 positive cases over 14342 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Every day for the last 8 days contains at least 1 death reported in today's total.

26 of the deaths reported by the media but not reported by DHHS are coming from three counties.
Carteret - DHHS 3, NandO 9, County - 3
Robeson - DHHS 14, NandO 26, County - 22
Alamance - DHHS 20, NandO 28, County - 23

Media reporting that unfortunately, NC has had its first death of a minor due to COVID-19 complications.

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6/4/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
31,966
NC Deaths**
960
Currently Hospitalized
659
Completed Tests
468,302

598 Deaths are now Congregate (+13)
79 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+21 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

283 Deaths assumed General Population (+9)
677 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+12)

167 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 963 (+2) and NandO is at 997 deaths

1189 positive cases over 19039 new tests. 6.2% positive rate.

Big case day, massive number of tests. Hospitalizations down (85% reporting vs 88% yesterday). Most of the cases are from Monday, maybe they are getting a little quicker at reporting.

Based on my daily tracking of deaths by date starting 5/7. Three of the death reported today either were not added to the DHHS graph or occurred greater than a month ago. 1 is from 5/21 and the remainder are from within the last week.

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6/5/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases*
33,255
NC Deaths**
966
Currently Hospitalized
717
Completed Tests
482,147

602 Deaths are now Congregate (+4)
78 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-1)
+6 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

286 Deaths assumed General Population (+3)
680 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+3)

171 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+4)

WRAL is at 1004 (+2) and NandO is at 1006 deaths

1289 positive cases over 13845 new tests. 9.3% positive rate.

More high case day. Maybe this will be the weekend dump early. Still wondering about the 40 gap in deaths. I wonder if there is something to probably vs confirmed cases. Whatever. Will get there eventually.

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6/6/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

34,625
NC Deaths**
992
Currently Hospitalized
708
Completed Tests
497,350

621 Deaths are now Congregate (+19)
79 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+26 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

292 Deaths assumed General Population (+6)
700 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+20)

176 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+5)

WRAL is at 1032 (+2) and NandO is at 1028 deaths

1370 positive cases over 15203 new tests. 9.0% positive rate.

Biggest day of positive 'reported' cases. Deaths continue to be driven by congregate facilities.

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6/7/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases
35,546
NC Deaths
996
Currently Hospitalized
696 <- only 76% hospitals reporting
Completed Tests
511,226

623 Deaths are now Congregate (+2)
80 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (+1)
+4 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

293 Deaths assumed General Population (+1)
703 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+3)

171 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (-5)

WRAL is at 1038 (+2) and NandO is at 1028 deaths

921 positive cases over 13876 new tests.6.6% positive rate.

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6/8/2020 Morning DHHS update (as of 12:00pm)

NC Cases
36,484
NC Deaths
1006
Currently Hospitalized
739 <- new high. still only 77% reporting. Need to watch.
Completed Tests
520,113

634 Deaths are now Congregate (+11)
78 Deaths are now Unknown Setting (-2)
+10 Deaths Overall since yesterday.

294 Deaths assumed General Population (+1)
712 Congregate and Unknown Setting. (+9)

171 Congregate Facilities now have an outbreak. (+0)

WRAL is at 1053 (+2) and NandO is at 1041 deaths

938 positive cases over 8887 new tests. 10.6% positive rate.

5 of the deaths added today to the Death by Date chart at DHHS were from over 2 weeks ago. It did make the single highest fatality date to be 5/25 with 27 deaths.

7 of the additional death added to the daily total today appear to have come out of Chatham County. Looks like they had some paperwork reconciliation.

Here we go with the "new high in hospitalization" cries.

Spoke with a friend this weekend who works in a local major hospital system as a nurse. Asked if they were being able to hospitalize people that they wouldn't have before because they have capacity now and maybe that is a factor for the increase in hospitalizations. She said that she did not think that was the case, that they want as few covid cases as possible in the hospital as possible because of all the precautions they have to take for where they are housed. She says they only admit the people that they have to. Just what she told me.