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Mayor Allen Joines issued an amendment to his original emergency order declaration of March 13, 2020.
The amendment essentially puts the city in line with the lifting of restrictions listed in Cooperâs Executive Order No. 215, which was designed to end mask requirements in most indoor and outdoor public settings for those fully vaccinated.
The latest executive order still requires mask wearing statewide in public transportation, in child care settings and at schools. Individuals also still have to mask up in certain health care settings, such as hospitals, and in prisons.
Joinesâ amendment specifies requiring the wearing of masks for workers and riders on city buses and for those gathering at bus stations and bus stops.
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The number of new COVID-19 cases in North Carolina has nearly doubled since Monday.
On Thursday, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,187 cases statewide.
That s up from 969 cases reported Wednesday and 622 reported Tuesday.
Mondayâs daily case count was the lowest since 431 on Aug. 17, although a data-gathering glitch caused that number to be artificially low. Before that, North Carolina had not seen a lower daily number of new cases since May 27, when 488 were reported.
With an overall count of 994,734 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, the state moved closer to exceeding the 1 million case total.
Meanwhile, 48 new cases were reported Thursday in Forsyth â the highest daily total since 53 on May 6 â and up from 22 new cases reported Wednesday.
Providers have seen a slow but steady local demand for COVID-19 vaccine for youths ages 12 to 15 since young people became eligible for the shots May 13.
The Forsyth Department of Public Health has vaccinated between 250 and 300 youths, health director Joshua Swift said Tuesday.
Novant Health Inc. has provided first doses to about 1,300 individuals in that age range systemwide, according to Dr. Ashley Perrott, a family-practice physician with Novant. Perrott said two of her children are included.
Wake Forest Baptist Health provided first doses to about 700 youths in that age range during Saturday s vaccination event at Winston-Salem State University. We have had an uptick in appointments in that 12-to-15 age group that we re excited about, Swift said.