Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on June 1
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We’re keeping track of the most up-to-date news about the coronavirus in North Carolina. Check back for updates.
Reported cases and deaths
At least 29,574 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 948 have died, according to state and county health officials.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported an additional 674 cases of the virus on Monday.
At least 650 North Carolinians were hospitalized with COVID-19 Monday, up slightly from 649 the day before. The state was averaging 664 daily hospitalizations over the last seven days on Monday.
GOP Convention
A North Carolina health official signaled Monday that the state would reject a request for a full-capacity Republican National Convention in Charlotte.
GOP national chair Ronna McDaniel and convention CEO Marcia Kelly made a request in a letter sent to Gov. Roy Cooper on Saturday that would put 19,000 people in the Spectrum Center. President Donald Trump has asked that no social distancing or masks be required.
The letter gave a Wednesday deadline for the go-ahead. Otherwise, McDaniel and Kelly said they “will immediately need to begin making modifications as to how the convention will proceed.”
“What we have asked back from the convention organizers is to share with us a plan and that plan should have options in it,” Mandy Cohen, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services secretary said during a Monday afternoon news conference. “What we know about the spread of the (coronavirus) is that when you are indoors without face coverings and less than 6 feet apart, the virus spreads.”
The convention is scheduled to start Aug. 24. Trump has previously threatened to move the convention out of North Carolina if full attendance is not allowed.
New high reported over weekend
On Saturday the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,185 new cases of coronavirus in the state — the all-time high daily total since the start of the pandemic in the state.
The new cases surpassed the previous high of 1,107, which was reported May 23.
Health officials have attributed the increase in cases to increased testing in the state. About 12,100 new tests were completed on Sunday for a total of 416,289, about 10% of which have come back positive.
Drive-thru testing in Wake
A drive-thru coronavirus testing center opens Monday in Wake County for those at risk.
It will be located at the Wake County Commons Building in Raleigh, and testing will be free. Patients will need to sign up for a time slot online and register to be tested.
A printed registration form and identification must be taken to the appointment.
Those with symptoms, who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive, health care workers and first responders, those in congregate living, those 65 years of age and older, those with underlying health conditions and members of a historically marginalized or vulnerable population are eligible for a test.
This story was originally published June 1, 2020 at 6:59 AM with the headline "Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on June 1."
