The Moore County Health Department on Tuesday recorded its first new coronavirus-related death in nearly three weeks.
Matt Garner, public information officer for the department, said the deceased individual was a woman older than 75. She died on May 7, Garner said.
At least 190 residents have now died of complications from COVID-19, according to the health department. The latest death is the first fatal infection reported in the county since April 19.
About 2 percent of local infections have resulted in death. A total of 8,896 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Moore County since the start of the pandemic.
The positivity rate for coronavirus testing in the county stood at 6 percent on Thursday â lower than the 7.1-percent rate reported a week earlier, but higher than the statewide average of 4 percent.Â