NC Coronavirus Update: 414 New Cases Since Thursday, 399 Deaths

NORTH CAROLINA — The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in North Carolina rose by 414 overnight, bringing the cumulative total to 10,923, according to updated data released by state public health officials Friday morning.

The Department of Health and Human Services reported 21 new coronavirus-related deaths in the state since Thursday, bringing the total number of statewide deaths to 399 as of Friday morning.

Current hospitalizations increased slightly by one patient overnight to 547, NC DHHS shows.
Out of 100 counties, COVID-19 is present in all except Avery and Yancy counties.

The new batch of data released May 1 by state public health officials shows that laboratories in the state have completed at least 133,832 tests, nearly 6,000 more than were reported on Thursday.

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The number of outbreaks confirmed in congregate living facilities in the state, such as nursing homes and residential care facilities, continues to rise as deaths reported in these facilities claim more than half of the state's death toll.

Earlier this week, DHHS reversed course and are now identifying specific facility locations where outbreaks are occurring. The news of the new set of data, which will be updated twice a week going forward, comes after DHHS faced intense criticism for withholding the names of facilities, the Charlotte Observer reported.

As of Friday morning, at least 1,778 people had tested positive for COVID-19 – the disease caused by the new coronavirus – at nursing homes, 357 people had tested positive at resident care facilities, 986 people had tested positive at correctional facilities and 74 positive cases attributed to other congregate living facilities in the state. COVID-19 outbreaks were reported in 52 nursing homes, 21 residential care facilities and at least 14 correctional facilities, DHHS said.

According to the state agency, a survey of about 92 percent of the state's hospitals shows that 693 of the available 3,309 ventilators in North Carolina are in use as of Thursday morning. That represents about 21 percent of the state's ventilators are currently in use. When it comes to intensive care unit beds, 829 beds, or about 26 percent, of 3,223 beds are filled.

Globally, more than 3.2 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and nearly 234,000 people have lost their lives, Johns Hopkins University reported Friday morning. In the U.S., more than 1 million people have been infected and at least 63,000 people have died from COVID-19.

In an attempt to provide as much information to our readers as possible, Patch is publishing a county-by-county breakdown of the coronavirus cases reported in 98 of North Carolina's 100 counties, along with the number of cases by county and the number of deaths:

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