NC’s new COVID-19 cases dip Sunday, but the 7-day average has increased
There were 1,719 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday, according to data from the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
DHHS reported more than 2,000 cases each day from Thursday to Saturday, a spike that continued to move the seven-day rolling average upward.
The rolling average had hovered at or under 1,500 daily cases for much of September, but began to rise on Oct. 2. It is now around 2,000 daily cases.
DHHS also reported about 34,000 COVID-19 tests were completed Saturday, including 33,578 molecular tests and 532 antigen tests.
The percent of COVID-19 tests that were positive ticked up Friday, the last day for which data is available, to 5.5%. State health officials have set a 5% target for positive tests.
There were 1,046 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Saturday with 95% of hospitals reporting, the most recent day for which data is available. DHHS also reported that 393 suspected COVID-19 patients had been admitted to hospitals on Saturday.
On Sunday, the state reported five deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the total to 3,770 people.
This story was originally published October 11, 2020 at 1:32 PM.