How a year of the COVID-19 pandemic radically altered NC, shown in 15 charts Tyler Dukes and Gavin Off, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Mar. 3 Exactly one year ago, state health officials announced the first diagnosis of COVID-19 in North Carolina.
The case count has ballooned to nearly 900,000 in the months since, claiming the lives of more than 11,000 residents along the way. And alongside the enormous toll of sickness and loss, the novel coronavirus left its mark on nearly every aspect of life in 2020, from employment and court activity to state park visits and liquor sales.
Here s a look at just 15 ways the global pandemic changed things for all of us in North Carolina in 2020.