COVID-19 Outbreak Reported At Mooresville Nursing Home

IREDELL COUNTY — A new coronavirus outbreak was confirmed over the weekend at a second Iredell County long-term care facility after a resident of the facility and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, according to county health officials.

The two Iredell County facilities with outbreaks are Autumn Care of Statesville and The Citadel Mooresville.

As of Tuesday, there were 83 nursing homes, 36 residential care facilities and 18 correctional facilities reporting COVID-19 outbreaks, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Health officials consider two or more cases at congregate living facilities, such as a nursing home or jail, to be an outbreak.

"The facility has willingly worked in conjunction with the Iredell County Health Department to have all residents and employees tested for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure," health officials said in a statement.

County health officials said they received word of the confirmed cases Sunday, and that the resident has been isolated from other residents at the facility. The staff member is isolating in their home.

"The Iredell County Health Department is working with this facility to conduct contact tracing to determine who else may have been exposed to COVID-19," ICHD said.

As of Tuesday, May 26, there were 233 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iredell County, up from 213 reported Friday, according to new data released from NC DHHS.

The tally is cumulative and as of Tuesday evening, included an estimated 151 cases that are assumed recovered, according to county health data. At least 71 Iredell County residents with the new coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, were isolating in their homes, and five were hospitalized with coronavirus-related illness, Iredell County Health Department data said Tuesday.

Six county residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 since collection of data related to the outbreak began in March.

Iredell County health officials are grouping cases into three regions of the county: North, Central and South. Here's a breakdown of where cases have been confirmed as of 4 p.m. May 26:

North Region (zip codes 27020, 27028, 27055, 28625, 28634, 28636, 28660, 28689 and 28678)

• 46 cases

Central Region (zip codes 27013, 28166, 28677)

• 83 cases

South Region (zip codes 28036, 28115, 28117, 28125)

• 105 cases

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As of Tuesday, North Carolina had confirmed 24,140 cases throughout the state, and 766 deaths. There were also 621 people hospitalized with coronavirus-related illness.

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