By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
If you were watching Sunday’s Super Bowl on the local CBS affiliate and stuck it out to the end of the game, you might have been surprised to see a commercial about Stokes County.
“Stokes County State of Mind” was not a nationwide, multi-million dollar ad buy, but a regional commercial purchased with WFMY-TV that was mostly paid for with grant funding. It was the work of County Tourism Director Tory Mabe and a host of others.
Back in the fall, Mabe began applying for grants wuth the North Carolina Department of Travel and Tourism, and was able to secure more than $20,000 through COVID Cares funding.
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Photos by Shane Sargent | Sargent Media Productions
Photos by Shane Sargent | Sargent Media Productions
The increase in Stokes County COVID-19 numbers has slowed in recent days, but the total number of positive cases locally have topped the 3,000 mark.
Both the Health Department and the staff at LifeBrite Hospital has been focused on recent days on getting the vaccine to as many people as possible (see related story).
In the latest county Health Department statistics, released Monday, there have been 3,037 lab-confirmed positive cases, an increase of 76 since the last day figures were released on Jan. 21. That’s an average of 19 new cases diagnosed a day, way down from an average of 36 new cases a day a week ago.