Forsyth County resident dies from coronavirus
A Forsyth County resident has died from COVID-19, bringing North Carolina’s death total to eight, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.
This is the first coronavirus-related death reported in Forsyth County.
Neither the county nor the state health department released information about where the individual lived, but the City of Winston-Salem government posted about the death on Facebook with statements from local officials.
“I express my sincere condolences to the family of the individual who succumbed to the COVID-19 virus,” Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines said in one Facebook post. “This reinforces the importance of the city’s stay at home order.”
The Forsyth County Health Director Joshua Swift said this “unfortunate situation is a reminder that we must follow the Stay at Home order and utilize social distancing to protect ourselves and those around us us who are vulnerable,” according to another Facebook post from the City of Winston-Salem.
Previous North Carolina coronavirus deaths
North Carolina reported its first deaths March 25, after a person from Cabarrus County died from complications associated with the virus. The person was in their late 70s and had several medical conditions, Gov. Roy Cooper said.
A second person in their 60s from Virginia who was traveling through North Carolina also died but is not included in the state’s official count.
Adrian Grubbs, a 37-year-old supervisor in the Raleigh Solid Waste Services Department, died March 25. The city manager issued a statement about Grubbs’ death but the city has not confirmed how he died. The city’s statement came after Harnett County reported that a resident in his late 30s had died from the coronavirus and had an underlying medical condition.
Friday, health officials reported two more people died: a Johnston County person in their mid-60s with an underlying medical condition, died on Thursday, according to the Johnston County health department
A person in Rowan County died who “was in the high risk category due to age and underlying medical conditions,” Rowan health officials said Friday.
Sunday, two deaths were reported in Buncombe and Mecklenburg counties.
More coronavirus-related deaths were reported Monday, March 30.
An Onslow County resident in their 70s with underlying medical conditions died March 22 and health officials confirmed on Monday that the patient had the virus.
Carteret County officials announced Monday a Virginia resident in their 80s with underlying conditions died Saturday.
It was reported Monday that another Virginia resident died Friday after contracting the virus at a rehabilitation center in Northampton County.
On Friday afternoon, Cherokee County announced its first coronavirus-related death, the ninth in the state.
This story will be updated.
This story was originally published March 31, 2020 at 10:32 AM.
