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114 COVID-19 cases reported in two days in Burke

BY SHARON MCBRAYER Staff Writer Burke County added another 114 cases of COVID-19 over a two-day period, and the state reported its highest one-day number of cases at more than 8,000. The Burke County Health Department reported 5,456 on Saturday and 5,386 cases of the virus on Friday, up from 5,342 cases on Thursday. The Burke County COVID-19 dashboard, which lags behind the health department’s daily briefing, showed 1,159 active cases of the virus in the county on Friday. It also showed 23 Burke County residents currently hospitalized because of COVID-19. The county has previously reported 75 deaths due to the virus. As of Saturday afternoon, the dashboard had not been updated from Friday.

Burke adds 44 COVID-19 cases

BY SHARON MCBRAYER Staff Writer Burke County added another 44 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and the state reported its highest one-day number of cases at more than 8,000. The Burke County Health Department reported 5,386 cases of the virus, up from 5,342 cases on Thursday. The Burke County COVID-19 dashboard, which lags behind the health department’s daily briefing, showed 1,159 active cases of the virus in the county on Friday. It also showed 23 Burke County residents currently hospitalized because of COVID-19. The county has previously reported 75 deaths due to the virus. Close contact remains the primary way the virus is being spread in the county, accounting for 60% of the cases, the dashboard shows.

Burke sees 95 COVID-19 cases in two days

BY SHARON MCBRAYER Staff Writer Burke County added 95 new cases of COVID-19 over a two-day period and the state’s top health official says the number of new cases in North Carolina is alarming. The Burke County Health Department reported a total of 4,995 cases of the virus on Saturday and 4,946 cases on Friday, up from 4,900 cases on Thursday. The Burke County COVID-19 dashboard, which lags behind the health department’s daily briefing, showed the county has 1,043 active cases of the virus on Saturday. The dashboard also showed there are 25 people in the county currently hospitalized. COVID-19 is responsible for 75 deaths in Burke County in less than nine months. The first case of the virus was reported in the county on March 24.

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