Iredell COVID-19 Update: More Than 3,100 Cases, 40 Deaths

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — The number of known COVID-19 cases in Iredell County rose to 3,128 Tuesday, an increase of 64 new cases confirmed since Friday, the Iredell County Health Department said.

Two coronavirus deaths were also reported in the county since Friday, raising the death toll to 40, ICHD said.

At least 21 county residents remained hospitalized for COVID-19 illness as of Tuesday afternoon. Out of the total tally of known cases in the county, 324 residents remained isolated in their homes and an estimated 2,725 cases were assumed recovered.

State public health officials announced this week that nursing home and long term care facility patients in North Carolina will now be allowed to have visitors indoors. Visitors will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms and must wear a face mask, according to the new guidelines. The new visitation rules will apply to facilities that haven't had any positive COVID-19 cases in a 14-day span in counties where the percent positive rate is less than 10 percent.

As of Tuesday, at least 227 nursing homes and 94 residential care facilities in North Carolina reported a COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Here's a list of the Iredell County facilities that reported positive COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 25, according to DHHS:

• Accordius Health at Statesville — 3 staff members and 2 residents tested positive
• Autumn Care of Statesville — 2 staff members tested positive
• Maple Leaf Health Care — 38 staff and 76 residents tested positive, 9 resident deaths
• Brookdale Peachtree Assisted Living — 4 staff and 9 residents tested positive, 4 resident deaths
• Brookdale Peachtree Memory Care — 2 staff and 2 residents tested positive

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The number of known coronavirus cases in North Carolina rose to 209,137 total cases Sept. 29. The tally reflected a day-over-day increase of 889known cases. The state's COVID-19 death toll rose by 49 Tuesday, increasing the number of lives lost to COVID-19 in North Carolina to 3,494.

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. Tuesday, Sept. 29:

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

• 633 cases (up from 621 cases reported Sept. 25)

Central Region (zip codes 27013, 28166, 28677)

• 1,282 cases (up from 1,255 cases reported Sept. 25)

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

• 1,213 cases (up from 1,188 cases reported Sept. 25)

Globally, more than 33 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and more than 1 million people have died, Johns Hopkins University reported Tuesday afternoon. In the United States, more than 7.1 million people have been infected and more than 205,000 people have died from COVID-19.

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