State COVID-19 death count passes 1,000 as Mecklenburg sees 173 new daily cases
Mecklenburg County saw an increase of 173 COVID-19 cases from Sunday to Monday, according to state health numbers.
Mecklenburg has seen a total of 5,682 coronavirus cases, the state Department of Health and Human Services reported Monday. The number is cumulative since mid-March.
County health officials say 113 people with COVID-19 have died locally. More than half of those were people connected to nursing homes or long-term care facilities, according to the county health department.
Statewide, DHHS reported 938 new cases Monday, for a total of 36,484, and 10 more deaths, for a total of 1,006.
Mecklenburg recorded its largest single-day case count Saturday with 301 reported cases, according to state data. Single-day case counts, hospitalizations and percentage of positive COVID-19 tests have all trended upwards since the state moved into a phased reopening.
Mecklenburg COVID-19 update
As of June 3 — the last date demographic data was publicly available — Mecklenburg coronavirus data show:
▪ An average of about 90 people with lab-confirmed coronavirus infections were hospitalized at acute-care facilities in the past week. Those numbers reflect an increase over the past two weeks, according to Mecklenburg health officials.
▪ An average of 9.6% of people who were tested were positive, showing an increase over the last 14 days, health officials say. The figure includes only COVID-19 tests conducted by Atrium Health and Novant Health.
▪ About 3 in 4 people diagnosed with COVID-19 locally were adults ages 20 to 59 years old.
▪ Around 2 in 3 cases have met the criteria to be released from isolation.
▪ About 1 in 10 people diagnosed were hospitalized due to their illness. People age 60 or older were more likely to need hospital care compared to younger people with coronavirus.
▪ The exact number of people in Charlotte and Mecklenburg with COVID-19 is unknown and many people with the virus have not been tested, health officials say. The case total likely represents a “fraction” of all people with coronavirus, Mecklenburg officials have said.
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREWhy don't we know how many tests have been done in Mecklenburg County?
Mecklenburg County Health Department collects data from local hospitals on the number of tests administered. County officials have said they do not know how many tests have been done outside of hospitals.
Non-hospital test centers and private labs report the number of tests and outcomes directly to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The state health department reports on its website a daily count of the number of tests performed across North Carolina. A county-by-county breakdown of the number of tests has not been provided publicly.
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