Durham, NC, church event linked to multiple confirmed coronavirus cases
Multiple coronavirus cases have now been linked to a March 22 event hosted by a Durham church, county officials announced Monday night.
Durham County is asking people who attended the Faith Assembly event at Millennium Hotel Durham from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 22 and who have COVID-19 symptoms to call the Durham County Department of Public Health at 919-635-8150.
People who attended but who do not have symptoms should stay home and monitor themselves until April 5. If they develop symptoms, they should contact the health department.
A phone number listed for the church was not accepting messages Monday night.
Durham County reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 118, according to a county news release.
Gov. Roy Cooper had already banned gatherings of more than 100 people throughout the state at the time of the March 22 event. He issued his executive order March 14 when the state had 23 confirmed cases, according to a news release accompanying the order.
The city of Durham, which makes up about 85% of the county’s population, issued a stay-at-home order on March 25, starting a domino effect of Triangle counties and cities issuing similar orders.
Cooper followed soon with a statewide stay-at-home order, which took effect at 5 p.m. Monday.
This story was originally published March 30, 2020 at 7:23 PM.
