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COVID percent positive rate falls in Gaston County NC
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Both the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Gaston County is continuing to slow as health leaders said last week a total of five people died due to the virus.
Gaston s total COVID-19 death toll to date reached 391 on Friday, up from 386 the week prior.
Since mid-October COVID-19 has claimed an average of more than two Gaston County lives each day but that rate has shown signs of slowing throughout the month of February.
The total number of confirmed cases of the virus to date reached more than 23,600 cases, up from nearly 23,200 the week prior.
The percent positive rate fell to 9.97%, its lowest mark in more than three months as the number of hospitalized patients also declined last week by nearly 30%.
Gaston County s COVID-19 death rate plunged at the end of last week, with just three people succumbing to the virus between Tuesday and Friday.
The total death toll over the past 11 months rose to 371 Friday from 368 on Tuesday. That s an average of just one death per day, after averaging more than two deaths per day in the nearly four months since Oct. 15.
The number of positive cases rose to just less than 22,600 positive cases up from 22,300 positive tests on Tuesday.
After reaching all time highs on Jan. 4 of 378 daily COVID-19 cases, that metric was more than halved on Feb. 1 to 176 daily cases, before falling to 115 cases on Feb. 8 and just 49 cases on Feb. 10.
Stewart Reed, nursing home administrator at the Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus, was among the first to receive his COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 14, 2021.
It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse to bring out the pompoms. Before the pandemic, they were a crowd favorite during movie nights and bingo tournaments that Hobbs organized as activities director at the nursing home.
It had been a difficult and sad year at the Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus. Over the summer, there had been an outbreak of the virus which had killed 10 residents and infected 30 staff members. For nearly a year, residents had been eating meals alone in their rooms, reminiscing about the days they shared popcorn while watching wrestling matches on TV.
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