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North Carolina reports its first case of the new, more contagious COVID-19 strain Adam Wagner and Anna Johnson, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jan. 23 North Carolina has identified its first case of a new highly infectious strain of the coronavirus.
The variant was found in a sample from an adult in Mecklenburg County, according to a North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services press release. No other information about the case was released. While expected, identification of this COVID-19 variant in North Carolina is concerning, especially at the same time as we are already seeing very high numbers of cases, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of NC DHHS, in a news release Saturday.
Hospitals Face Staff Shortages as Coronavirus Hammers North Carolina
Staff shortages more of a danger than
Erin Holzhauer, medical director of the Samaritan’s Purse Covid-19 field hospital in Western North Carolina, has also worked as a nurse in a similar field hospital in the city of Cremona in northern Italy this last spring. The team there treated 281 patients from March 20 to May 8. (Photo courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse)
North Carolina’s hospitals are quickly filling up with patients stricken by the coronavirus, even as health systems in some of the hardest-hit regions the Triad and greater Charlotte area take steps to make room for a wave of new patients. The looming crisis is fueled by lack of clinical staff, not by a lack of physical space for beds.
Jan. 9 The state health department reported a daily increase of 11,581 COVID-19 cases Saturday, the highest recorded number in a day, surpassing previous records this week of around 10,000 cases. A new total of 614,355 coronavirus cases have been reported in the state since the pandemic first was reported in the state in March. Hospitalizations dropped to 3,871 after reaching a record 3,960 in .