A dominant COVID 19 mutation is continuing to plague North Carolina. The NC Department of Health reported 12,989 new COVID-19 cases with a 27.4% daily percent positive rate — which is the highest percent positive rate reported since the start of the pandemic and well above the state’s 5% goal. In addition, 335 more people were hospitalized with the virus and 31 more North Carolinians died over the weekend from COVID-19, according to recently released data.
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NCDHHS is closely monitoring hospital capacity and is urging North Carolinians to gather safely, get vaccinated and boosted, and wear a mask indoors in public places, adding that unvaccinated people and those with underlying health issues appear to the most vulnerable to the omicron COVID variant.
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