Wake County Identifies COVID-19 Outbreaks At Two Local Long-Term Care Facilities

Press release from the Wake County Government:

by Stephen R. Walston on 12/22/2020 3:02 PM
Category: Human Services; WakeGOV Home Page

Wake County Public Health has confirmed outbreaks of COVID-19 at the following facilities:

• Community Health Innovations, 908 Avent Ferry Road in Holly Springs.

• Cary Health and Rehab, 6590 Tryon Road in Cary. This is the third outbreak at this facility. The previous outbreaks occurred in June and November.

No additional information about residents or employees within these facilities will be disclosed.

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services defines an outbreak as two or more people – residents or employees – testing positive for the virus.

Under NCDHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen’s Order No. 3, certain facilities that experience new outbreaks must fall back to previous restrictions and not allow visitors for 28 days. That includes nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult care homes, behavioral health and intellectual/developmental disability services, intermediate care facilities and psychiatric residential treatment facilities.

In addition, the county recommends that these facilities should follow the NCDHHS guidelines, which include:

• Ensuring staff wear the appropriate personal protective equipment at all times;
• Restricting employees from working at other locations;
• Practicing social distancing when possible; and
• Frequently cleaning surfaces with disinfectant.

Staying UpdatedYou can visit our multilingual COVID-19 webpage, which has a set of frequently asked questions to educate residents, a list of COVID-19-related closures and service changes, as well as contact information for people to use to ask specific questions.The county is also sharing important information on its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

This press release was produced by the Wake County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.