Monday’s daily report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services showed COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped below 2,000 for the second time since late November.
Health officials reported 1,941 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday, which shows 48 fewer people hospitalized across the state.
This is the second consecutive day North Carolina has reported hospitalizations under 2,000. The last time the state reported hospitalizations under 2,000 was Nov. 29, 2020.
The percentage of daily positive COVID-19 cases increased Monday.
While the rate had been in the teens as recently as last week, Monday’s report showed the percent positive rate increase from 6.5% to 7.7% The state goal, which it has not achieved since the fall of 2020, is to be below 5%.
The updated metrics showed another 10 new deaths from the virus, bringing the total count to 10,501 since March. More than 2,458 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours.
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New cases vary day by day based on a lot of factors. That can include how long it takes to get results back, so a new case reported today can really be several days old.
The other big metric we watch is the percent of positive cases. This is data we can only get from the state because it’s not as simple as factoring a percent of new cases each day from the number of tests. That’s because test results take days and come from a variety of places.
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