As key COVID-19 metrics continue to rise in North Carolina â particularly new cases, the positive test rate and hospitalizations â Gov. Roy Cooper has scheduled an update for Wednesday likely to focus on statewide masking policies.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Tuesday a three-month high in the statewide positive test rate to 7.3%, and a six-week high on COVID-19 related hospitalizations at 672.
New cases were reported at 871 for Monday, while there were six additional COVID-19 related deaths.
The state reached a near two-month high for new cases at 1,163 reported Friday. The case counts were at 1,053 on Saturday and 734 on Sunday.
Vaccinated teachers and students don t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines. The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
With COVID-19 cases back on the rise, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended on Monday that students and staff be fully masked, regardless of vaccination status, for the opening of the 2021-22 school year.
Most public schools in North Carolina, including those in Forsyth County, will return to school on Aug. 23, about the same time that the highly contagious delta variant is expected to peak, according to Dr. Christopher Ohl, an infectious disease expert at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
New federal healthcare guidance announced Friday allows vaccinated middle and high school students, teachers and other educators to go maskless in K-12 indoor settings.
Local public-health and school officials expressed hope that the relaxing of some COVID-19 restrictions by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could spark another round of vaccinations.
However, the officials also expressed concern that the new guidance could take the COVID-19 vaccination honor system to a whole new level of accountability and potential unintended consequences.
Vaccinated teachers and students don t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines. The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
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New federal healthcare guidance announced Friday allows vaccinated middle and high school students, teachers and other educators to go maskless in K-12 indoor settings.
Local public-health and school officials expressed hope that the relaxing of some COVID-19 restrictions by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could spark another round of vaccinations.
However, the officials also expressed concern that the new guidance could take the COVID-19 vaccination honor system to a whole new level of accountability and potential unintended consequences.
The CDC noted the availability of the Pfizer vaccine for those ages 12 and older, and an overall national decline in key COVID-19 metrics.
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