Nohora Bejarano receives her COVID-19 vaccination during a drive-through clinic run by Atrium Health in Charlotte on Tuesday morning. Photo: Atrium Health
Since North Carolina received its first allocation of the vaccine against COVID-19, North Carolina Health News has been inundated with queries from readers as to where they can find information on getting vaccinated.
As of early January, the state is in the early phases of the vaccine rollout, vaccinating people in groups 1a, which is health care workers fighting COVID-19 and long-term care staff and residents, and 1b, adults 75 years or older and frontline essential workers.
As manufacturing and distribution speed up, the state will proceed into different phases. Some counties will move into different phases at different times depending on the number of health care workers, older adults, prisoners, teachers and other priority groups.
New Hanover County received about 4,800 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine a few days before Christmas. Over 1,300 doses have been administered. (Port…
New Hanover Co. reports 14 additional COVID-19-related deaths since Dec. 23 COVID-19 vaccine (Source: wect) By WECT Staff | December 30, 2020 at 1:36 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 1:36 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - New Hanover County Public Health officials say they are seeing a surge of daily COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.
According to the county, 1,158 new cases have been reported over the last two weeks while the health department has been informed of 14 deaths of county residents connected to COVID-19 since Dec. 23.
“The 14 individuals who died were all at risk of severe illness because of age (ranging in age from 60 to 90 years old), underlying health conditions or both. This brings the total number of New Hanover County residents who have died from COVID-19 to 91,” the county stated in a news release.
Panza Allen McNeill receives New Hanover County’s first dose of the Moderna vaccine Tuesday afternoon. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy New Hanover County)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY Panza Allen McNeill, a 19-year New Hanover County Public Health nurse, received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in the county Tuesday afternoon.
The county administered its first doses of the Moderna vaccine to frontline health workers Tuesday who interact with Covid-19 patients as part of their daily job.
“The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be the fight of our lives, but the arrival of the vaccine gives a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel,” Allen McNeill said in a county press
Gov. Cooper modified a stay-at-home order, which goes into effect today, Dec. 11, at 5 p.m. He also released an op-ed to all North Carolinians (see below). (Port City Daily/File)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY Covid-19 cases keep rising since the pandemic swept the nation in March. Friday, in New Hanover County, 8,034 cases and 67 deaths have been reported to the New Hanover County Health Department.
Five new deaths were reported this week, with patients ranging from ages 50 to 80 and having underlying health conditions. Public health is closely monitoring eight outbreaks and three clusters as well.
New Hanover Regional Medical Center, which serves patients in a seven-county area, is reporting treatment of 886 Covid-19 patients to date. It discharged 722, while 122 have died, and 46 on average have been hospitalized as of the data released on Friday, Dec. 4.