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The daily COVID-19 case count remains at pandemic lows in Forsyth County, while an additional related death has been reported.
On Thursday, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported five new cases in Forsyth. That followed four cases for Tuesday and six cases for Monday.
As of Friday, the average number of new cases over the past 14 days had been 40, according to Forsyth health director Joshua Swift.
Forsyth has had 36,622 cases overall since the onset of the pandemic.
The county has had 389 COVID-19 related deaths, including nine since May 26.
The state lists COVID-19 cases and deaths on the day they are confirmed by medical providers and public health officials, so people may have been infected or may have died days before their cases were counted.
As North Carolina approaches the 50% milestone for fully vaccinated adults, Forsyth County was reported with perhaps the lowest daily case count of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Forsyth County ended May with a significant increase in COVID-19 related deaths even as most metrics continue to trend decidedly downward in the county and statewide.
The report issued Tuesday by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services contained four days worth of dashboard data.
That included North Carolina having a daily case count of 268 that represented more than a year s low.
DHHS listed Forsyth with an additional six deaths over the four-day period.
Counting the two deaths in Friday s report, the county ended May with 14 deaths and with 388 overall for the pandemic.
DHHS reported Forsyth with 130 new cases over the four days, including just six for Monday.
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