Heidi Bublitz wasnât happy. Not one bit.
The incessant ring of the cellphone that woke her earlier than sheâd intended started the downward slide. The news delivered by one of her employees immediately made it worse.
Someone had ripped off an early-morning delivery worth some $3,000 left on pallets behind her store, Wild Birds Unlimited on Hanes Mall Boulevard.
An array of decorative bird houses, feeders, seed and supplies for nature lovers had vanished into the early-morning ether.
What happened next, though, is what really ruined the rest of the day.
Feeling blown off by police, Bublitz and some friends did their own investigating. They tracked down the stolen goods themselves and arranged a meeting to buy some of it back.
The pace of most COVID-19 numbers slowed in Forsyth County and North Carolina over the weekend, and North Carolina saw a four-week low in new cases on Sunday.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said in Mondayâs report there have been 101 new cases reported in Forsyth since 3:30 p.m. Friday. That includes 27 reported Sunday.
Forsyth has had 35,700 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in mid-March 2020.
There were no additional COVID-19 related deaths since Friday, leaving Forsyth Countyâs overall total at 375 for the pandemic, with one in May.
DHHS 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 have died days before their cases were counted.
The three major health-care providers in Forsyth County said Friday they are preparing their COVID-19 vaccination strategies for kids ages 12 to 15.
Next week, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are expected to provide an emergency use authorization that will allow that age group to get the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.
The federal agencies already have approved the Pfizer vaccine for ages 16 and 17.
The Forsyth County Department of Public Health is working with Novant Health Inc., Wake Forest Baptist Health and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools on vaccination strategies.
The school systemâs goal appears to be providing vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds before the 2021-22 school year begins.
The countyâs overall COVID-19 related death total is at 375.
After February was the deadliest month for the pandemic at 67, there were 16 in March and 13 in April.
The average daily case count has been 67 over the past two weeks. Thatâs up from 45 in the previous two-week period, according to Forsyth health director Joshua Swift.
Overall, there have been 35,599 cases in Forsyth during the pandemic.
DHHS 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 have died days before their cases were counted.
Meanwhile, with 1,932 new cases reported Friday for an overall total of 980,498, the state moved closer toward having 1 million North Carolinians infected by the coronavirus since mid-March 2020.
Platforms are being developed to help more people get vaccinated. Source by: Stringr
Half of the adults in North Carolina have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the state Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.
The DHHS COVID-19 dashboard lists 3.89 million adults with one dose, or 50.1%, and just under 3.3 million as fully vaccinated, or 43.1%.
Meanwhile, with 1,798 new cases reported Thursday, the state moved closer toward having 1 million North Carolinians infected by the coronavirus since mid-March 2020.
The statewide count is now at 978,566.
âThis is a significant milestone toward our goal of stopping the spread of COVID-19 and bringing summer back to North Carolina,â said Dr. Mandy Cohen, the stateâs health secretary.