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MOREHEAD CITY â With support from the Byrd Family Foundation, the American Heart Association will provide 160 Infant CPR Anytime training kits to Carteret Health Care in Morehead City to be distributed to parents of newborns.
The Infant CPR Anytime kits will be given to parents of pre-term and high-risk newborns delivered at CHC to ensure they are able to return home with the confidence to handle any emergency that may arise.
âThis donation from the American Heart Association and Byrd Family Foundation is very beneficial because we provide so much education in such a short time to all our parents prior to discharge. Our parents are trying to adjust to this new life and enjoy and relish that experience, so most of what we teach them, unless enforced with written material may be lost shortly after they get home,â said Robyn Mobley, clinical director of maternal child health at CHC. âBeing able to provide the DVD, booklet, and training baby in the CPR kit allows pa
CARTERET COUNTY â Carteret County health officials announced Monday another resident recently died from complications associated with COVID-19, bringing the countyâs death toll to 25.
In a release sent Monday afternoon, the county said the individual died Saturday. The person was in their 70s and reportedly had preexisting health conditions.
âThe Health Department extends our condolences to the family and loved ones of this resident,â Health Director Stephanie Cannon said in the release. âAs the early stages of the (COVID-19) vaccine distribution begins, it is important to continue to practice the 3Wâs to lower the changes of you and your loved ones contracting COVID-19,â wearing a mask when around others, waiting 6 feet apart and washing hands often.
CARTERET COUNTY â Health officials reported 45 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Carteret County Friday, though the number of active cases dropped slightly from Thursday down to 390.
The new cases bring Carteret Countyâs overall total to 2,569 documented cases since March. Of those, the county reports 2,154 people have recovered and 24 have died.
The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Carteret Health Care in Morehead City remained at 15 for the second day after hitting a record high of 16 earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, the Carteret County public school system has reported eight additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases connected to schools to 125 as of Friday afternoon. The newest cases were reported Wednesday and Thursday at White Oak Elementary School, three cases; West Carteret High School, two; Croatan High School, one; Newport Elementary School, one; and Morehead City Middle School, one.
MOREHEAD CITY â On Thursday afternoon, inside an unassuming auxiliary building off of Bridges Street, the first doses of Pfizerâs COVID-19 vaccine were administered to frontline workers at Carteret Health Care.
âI feel great, fantastic, Iâm very excited,â Dr. Nicole DâAndrea, an OBGYN physician at CHC, said after she became the first person in Carteret County to officially receive the vaccine.
The room erupted into cheers as the first shots were administered, and some people became overwhelmed with emotion as they sat down to receive theirs.   Â
Employees at Carteret Health Care in Morehead City administer the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine to frontline staff Thursday. (Elise Clouser video)