COVID vaccine live updates: Here s what to know in North Carolina on May 14 Simone Jasper and Hayley Fowler, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
May 14 We re tracking the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus and vaccines in North Carolina. Check back for updates.
Cases top 989,000
At least 989,338 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus and 12,862 have died since March 2020, according to state health officials.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,501 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, up from 1,394 the day before.
Nine additional coronavirus-related deaths were reported Friday. Deaths don t all occur on the day the state reports them. The state health department revises its daily figures as information becomes available.
Audit: NC pandemic aid managers fell short keeping up on $3B
May 13, 2021
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper s administration failed to thoroughly monitor how $3.1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds it oversaw last year were being used, increasing the risk for misuse, a state audit said Thursday,
The report from State Auditor Beth Wood s office focuses on federal funds that the state received toward COVID-19 aid in the spring of 2020. The legislature proceeded to pass laws directing how $3.6 billion should be given to state agencies, education, local governments, hospitals and nonprofits for a host of medical, economic and recovery needs.
State Auditor Beth Wood
The state Pandemic Recovery Office did not monitor spending of $3.1 billion in federal pandemic funds in a way that would catch misuse in a timely way, according to a state audit released Thursday.
The recovery office required recipients provide receipts and monthly spending reports with supporting documentation, the audit said. But the office did not independently verify the spending by comparing the reports to the supporting documents until November 2020, after most of the money had been spent.
Additionally, the recovery office sent out money without making sure all recipients had goals for accomplishing their objectives or ways to measure results.
NC failed to ensure $3.1B in federal COVID-19 relief funds were properly spent, audit says (Source: HNN) By CBS 17 Digital Desk | May 13, 2021 at 3:26 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 3:26 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – North Carolina did not perform the necessary monitoring to ensure $3.1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds were spent properly, according to an audit released Thursday.
State Auditor Beth Wood said her office found that the North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office waited until November to independently verify spending from the CARES Act funds.
“As a result, there was an increased risk that recipients could have misused the finds without the misuse being detected and corrected timely,” the audit says.
NC failed to make sure $3 billion in COVID relief was spent properly, audit says Will Doran, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
May 13 North Carolina potentially misspent federal COVID-19 relief money, according to a state audit released Thursday, because officials failed to monitor how more than $3 billion was actually used.
The audit did not find misspending. That could be because there was none, or because it flew under the radar due to the gaps the audit described.
The audit focuses on Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper s administration specifically the state budget office and the N.C. Pandemic Recovery Office. It says those officials did not design and implement procedures to ensure that Coronavirus Relief Funds were being spent in accordance with the rules for the money.