Devastating flooding and even though the storm has weakened to a tropical storm since making Land Fall official, say that its still poses a deadly threat to take a very seriously. So far, six states have declared a State Of Emergency millions of people across the region are without power and at least seven stormrelated deaths have been reported. At any minute. Now were going to hear from Governor Roy Cooper about the storms impact in North Carolina. But for first i want to bring in Isabel Rosales and asheville, North Carolina as well. Were getting these reports of catastrophic flooding there. What are you seeing pam, lets move the camera. He shall see it for yourself right here. The amount of debris that these floodwaters are just up bringing into whats a road right here looking at it as this was a Metal Propane Tank of some sort that was another one back there looking at Garbage Bags back here some sort of a metal container. It is just incredible what these floodwaters are dragging th
Still hospitalized. Even during the weekend when the actual reporting slows down a bit, we continue to see record high case counts. And we continue to be concerned with our percentage of positive tests. We are watching closely to capacity. Spital bed tell you, thatll can change really quickly. As we see North Carolinas upward trends, we must redouble our work. Our department of health and Human Services team is pushing local Health Departments, especially in counties experiencing the highest growth. Forsyth, lee, mecklenburg, and wake are of particular concern. Over the weekend i talked with Vice President pence. I asked him and the federal government to help us with increasing testing sites and capabilities. Another focus will be testing all nursing home residents and staff and this testing is ongoing. Ournow going to ask secretary of health and Human Services to share an update for us. Dr. Cohen . Thank you, governor. Slowing the spread of the virus early on has allowed us to build o
We pray for those who have lost loved ones and for those who are still hospitalized. Even during the weekend when the actual reporting slows down a bit, we continue to see record high case counts. And we continue to be concerned with our percentage of positive tests. And there hospitalizations. We are watching closely to monitor hospital bed capacity. As well as icu bed capacity. Right now, our hospitals do have bed capacity and that is good. But as dr. Cohen will tell you, that can change really quickly. As we see North Carolinas upward trends, we must redouble our work. Detecting and isolating the virus. Our department of health and Human Services team is pushing assistance to local Health Departments, especially in counties experiencing the highest growth. Durham, forsyth, guilford, johnston, lee, mecklenburg, and wake are of particular concern. Over the weekend i talked with Vice President pence about North Carolinas concerning numbers. I asked him and the federal government to hel
Departments especially in the counties experiencing the highest growth. Lee, mecklenburg and weick are our particular concern. D over the weekend i talked to Vice President depends about North Carolinas concern in numbers and i asked him in the federal government to help us with increasing our testing sites and his capabilities, especially focused on these counties. Another focus will be testing all nursing home residents and staff and this testing is ongoing. I now will ask our secretary of health and Human Services doctor mandy to share an update for us. Doctor cohen. Thank you, governor. Slowing the spread of the virus early on has allowed us to build our capabilities to be ready to respond to this surgeon covid19 cases that we are seeing. That included building up our inpplies of protective equipment, strengthening and expanding our hospital capacities, expanding our ability to test people for covid19 and staffing up our Contact Tracing. We are now drawing on these capabilities as
Covid19. I want to thank you for joining me for the national day of mourning on monday. We continue to pray for those who have lost loved ones to this virus. Before the murder of george floyd and before the country heard yet again the cries for Racial Equity and justice, we already knew that covid19 was disproportionately impacting communities of color. In North Carolina, africanamericans make up approximately 22 of the population, but as of june 1, they account for 30 of the confirmed covid19 cases and 34 of covid19 deaths. People are just 10 of the population, yet they make up 39 of covid19 confirmed cases. These statistics are alarming and they are not acceptable. I want to be clear there is nothing inherent to black or brown people that makes them more susceptible to severe covid19 illness. The data should not be used to further racism or fear. The disparity is because people of color have historically had less access to health care, housing, Economic Opportunity and more. This vir