Forsyth County has surpassed 900 COVID-19 related deaths. There were five such deaths recorded the week that ended Oct. 8, Forsyth health director Joshua Swift said Thursday.
For the first time since mid-June, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention labeled Forsyth as a county with medium — rather than high — levels of COVID-19.
An additional 17 people have died of COVID-19-related causes in Forsyth County, the highest count in the state s weekly report since the height of the omicron surge in mid-February.
The latest COVID-19 bivalent booster shot — which doctors say is more effective against the COVID strains now circulating — has become more available in the Triad.