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Number of COVID-19 Cases
Vaccines in North Carolina
COVID-19 at UNC-Chapel Hill
State of Emergency
Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on March 10 amid the outbreak of coronavirus. “The main purpose of declaring a state of emergency,” said Cooper, “is increased flexibility to respond and prevent, as well as to allocate funds where needed. The state of emergency can help speed supplies and gives health and emergency managers more budget flexibility. It protects consumers from price gauging. It encourages insurers to make testing available for little or no cost. And it expands the ability to use more health professionals who are working to respond to this virus.”
Information for Residents
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Outrageous that Chapel Hill keeps the number of cases secret.
Let me get this straight: 30 people died yesterday in North Carolina and 10 people died yesterday in Orange County which a third of the covid19 deaths in the state. 30 deaths in a day is an increase over the IHME model’s projection. Where did the 10 people in OC die? The reporting is not very detailed and open yet this chapelboro report is the best I have found for NC. What’s going on with testing in NC? What is GSK and other companies in NC doing to help set up test production?
Why isn’t Orange County requiring masks in public like Durham County is doing?
Orange County is taking a scientific approach to this. Masks are not the be all end all of containment. The data on everything is questionable but with masks especially. I wear one, but mainly because it makes other people feel safe, not because it’s scientifically proven to prevent the spread.
41 have died, 40 from rest/nursing homes.
You may want to double check your data. Masks make a significant difference, particularly when all parties are masked.
Really? I thought it was proven that masks are a big part of containment.