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/ NC Health Secretary Mandy Cohen, right, introduces Natalie Everett of Pineville, left, as the latest winner of $1 million in the North Carolina COVID-19 vaccine lottery.
North Carolina health officials on Thursday unveiled the state s latest recipients of a $1 million cash prize and $125,000 college scholarship for getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Natalie Everett of Pineville won the $1 million before taxes, while Jessica Klima, a 16-year-old high school student and Greensboro resident, earned the $125,000 scholarship.
The lottery is open to nearly all residents who have gotten at least one COVID-19 shot. Two more contests will be held on July 21 and Aug. 4, with winners to be announced publicly the week after the drawings.
Greensboro teen is the second winner of North Carolina’s Summer Cash 4 School drawing Grace Holland
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The Greensboro teenager who won the state s second vaccine lottery scholarship is excited about her next steps.
16-year-old Jessica Klima earned $125,000 in scholarship money in North Carolina’s Summer Cash 4 School drawing. I still can t believe it, her mother, Joanna Klima, said, We were jumping, we were screaming, we were crying because this is a big, big surprise.
Jessica and Joanna Klima sat down with WFMY News 2 s Grace Holland after returning from the drawing.
Joanna Klima said they learned the news when they got a phone call from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen.
North Carolina selects second COVID vaccine lottery winners
By BRYAN ANDERSONJuly 15, 2021 GMT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina health officials on Thursday unveiled the state’s latest recipients of a $1 million cash prize and $125,000 college scholarship for getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Natalie Everett of Pineville won the $1 million before taxes, while Jessica Klima, a 16-year-old high school student and Greensboro resident, earned the $125,000 scholarship.
The lottery is open to nearly all residents who have gotten at least one COVID-19 shot. Two more contests will be held on July 21 and Aug. 4, with winners to be announced publicly the week after the drawings.
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More than 1,000 new cases reported
At least 1,021,853 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus, and at least 13,519 have died since March 2020, according to state health officials.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,020 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, up from 995 on Wednesday.
Seven additional coronavirus-related deaths were reported on Thursday. Deaths don’t necessarily occur on the day the state reports them. The state health department revises its daily figures as more information becomes available.