North Carolina has more than 1,000 positive COVID-19 cases reported, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.

The department updated its totals on Sunday morning, reporting 1,040 positive cases of the novel coronavirus across the state. Approximately 18,945 tests have been completed and four North Carolinians have died as a result of coronavirus-associated causes.

North Carolina reaches the benchmark of 1,000 cases in less than a month since the first case was reported, when a Wake County resident who’d recently traveled to Washington returned and tested positive on March 3. The state recorded its first death from the virus on March 25.

Since the first case, both local governments and the state government have taken many actions attempting to mitigate the spread of the deadly virus. Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on March 10, before issuing a stay-at-home order on March 27. Prior to the order, the governor ordered all restaurants to close to dine-in customers and banned gatherings of more than 50 people, which led to many other businesses temporarily closing.

Cooper’s stay-at-home order to all North Carolinians becomes enacted on Monday at 5 p.m.

Orange County reported its first positive cases on March 20, while UNC Hospitals confirmed it was treating a positive COVID-19 case as early as March 19. As of Sunday, the county is now reporting 28 positive cases.

Chatham County reported the second positive case in the entire state on March 7. The county is now reporting 13, as of Sunday.

To see the full details of COVID-19’s spread across North Carolina, visit Chapelboro’s coronavirus tracker web page.

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