Deputies in Spartanburg County find missing dementia patient known for leaving care facilities Share Updated: 6:42 PM EDT May 15, 2021 Katie Smithson john dawkins
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 6:42 PM EDT May 15, 2021 Katie Smithson Spartanburg County deputies have found a missing dementia patient who left an assisted living facility, according to Lt. Kevin Bobo, with the Spartanburg County Sheriff s Office.Lt. Bobo said deputies were on scene at Rosewood Assisted Living in Pauline, looking for John Dawkins, 67.Officials said Dawkins has been missing for roughly 4 hours and is known to leave care facilities.Dawkins was found alive and is being accessed by medical personnel.Lt. Bobo said Dawkins fled from a different facility several weeks ago and was found by a Grubhub driver two days later, about a third of a mile from his last known location. A canine team, helicopter, and emergency management search
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Gaston County s COVID-19 death rate plunged at the end of last week, with just three people succumbing to the virus between Tuesday and Friday.
The total death toll over the past 11 months rose to 371 Friday from 368 on Tuesday. That s an average of just one death per day, after averaging more than two deaths per day in the nearly four months since Oct. 15.
The number of positive cases rose to just less than 22,600 positive cases up from 22,300 positive tests on Tuesday.
After reaching all time highs on Jan. 4 of 378 daily COVID-19 cases, that metric was more than halved on Feb. 1 to 176 daily cases, before falling to 115 cases on Feb. 8 and just 49 cases on Feb. 10.
The total number of COVID-19 deaths in Gaston County reached 342 on Friday but there s signs of positive trends in the data.
An additional 17 virus related deaths were reported between Jan. 22-29, an average of more than 2.4 deaths per day over that period.
A total of 241 people have died due to the virus over the past 15 weeks, or an average of nearly 2.3 deaths per day since Oct. 15.
Approximately 900 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gaston County over the past week, growing to more than 21,100 since March 2020.
There have been signs of improvement in January, however. After weeks with the number of hospitalizations remaining above 100, that number fell to just 57 hospitalizations by Friday, with just three people on a ventilator.
Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant counties together almost tallied triple-digit COVID-19 fatalities on Friday, with 96 deaths added to their collective.