The incident occurred on Feb. 9 and was reported the following day, according to Miller.
Miller said he was driving on Western Boulevard going to a meeting some time after dark when he cut a corner a little too short, damaging his county-issued vehicle on an adjacent road. He would not give a more specific time or location of the accident or the make, model, or year of his county issues vehicle.
Miller added there was limited visibility due to the windshield fogging up that contributed to the accident.
Onslow County Manager Sharon Russell confirmed Miller was not required to make an official incident report because the county is not paying anything related to the damages from the incident.
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If Onslow continued the growing December trend of positive coronavirus cases or even slightly increased that growth, theoretically everyone in the county would have caught the virus by the end of 2021.
That is no longer the case . Pun intended.
Onslow announced Wednesday afternoon they have observed a decrease in positive cases throughout the county, along with the overwhelmingly positive news of no fatalities to report. Looking back over the last two weeks, the data certainly supports the decrease in cases, in some places, it s almost half.
In a media release to The Daily News, officials reported a reduction of new cases per day compared to Onslow s highest per day rate in December. Since Monday afternoon s update from County Manager Sharon Russell, the county reported 147 new positive cases.
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During the first weekly briefing of Onslow County s COVID-19 statistics on Monday, officials announced the county has hit the century mark for virus-related deaths. What followed was news that will affect vaccination efforts for weeks to come.
Over the weekend, Onslow counted five new coronavirus fatalities including four over the age of 65-years-old, bringing the total number to 104 deaths during the pandemic. There were also 308 new confirmed positive cases since the last update on Friday as the county has cleared 11,491 cases.
Onslow continues to increase the number of vaccinations given on a daily basis but the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services threw them and other Eastern North Carolina counties a curveball. Hospitals and health departments were told they needed to finish off their remaining amount of doses before being allocated more.
The first COVID-19 vaccine shipment in Onslow County has arrived and will be administered on a voluntary basis to front-line healthcare workers most at risk of exposure to COVID-19 on Friday.
Onslow Memorial Hospital announced that it received 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning and the hospital will begin administering the vaccine to employees on Friday.
At this time, the vaccine is voluntary for all employees, the hospital stated.
The initial supply of the vaccine is limited and will be administered in phases, with those most at risk of exposure receiving the vaccinations first.
According to information from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services the initial supply of the vaccine is going to hospitals to vaccinate health care workers at high risk of exposure to COVID-19, including doctors, nurses and those cleaning areas used by COVID-19 patients.
Onslow Memorial Hospital is expected to get the first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine in Onslow County this week but few other details have been released about who will get the first vaccinations.
Citing security concerns, OMH is not releasing the specific date of receipt of the vaccine but Erin Tallman, senior vice president, patient advocacy and compliance officer, said they anticipate putting out a news release with further information later this week.
Tallman said OMH is expecting about 975 doses of the vaccine.
Onslow County Manager Sharon Russell indicated in a Monday night COVID-19 update that the first vaccinations will include healthcare workers on the front line of treating COVID-19 patients.