The key COVID-19 metrics continues to trend downward in Forsyth County and statewide, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Saturday.
However, DHHS said the latest report was affected by technical issues with the state COVID reporting system, resulting in the case and test counts being artificially lower,
Because DHHS is no longer providing daily reports on Sunday, Mondayâs report will reflect the missing data from Saturday.
There were 27 daily cases reported for Forsyth, which represents the lowest daily count since 18 on Sept. 27.
By comparison, there were 70 cases reported Friday and 49 on Thursday.
The daily case total has remained below 100 for 12 consecutive reports â and for 20 of the past 23 days. The overall case total for the pandemic is at 32,495.
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Meanwhile, the county has surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered since early January.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday that Forsyth had 49 new cases, up from the 31 reported Tuesday that represented the lowest daily count since 18 on Sept. 27.
The new case total has now been below 100 for nine consecutive reports â and for 17 of the past 20 days. The overall total for the pandemic is at 32,391.
There were two additional COVID-19 related deaths reported by DHHS for an overall total of 352.
The additional COVID-19 related deaths are just the third and fourth over the past two weeks. The overall death total for Forsyth is at 352.
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