Catawba County Public Health reported 18 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday Catawba County is reporting its highest number of hospitalizations. 16 people were hospitalized as of Saturday.
16 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Saturday in Burke County, increasing the total to 802,
According to health officials, Some of Burke County’s community spread of this infection is coming from residents coming together in large groups for such events like: *Family reunions *Funerals *Parties of any kind *Choir practice in people’s homes *Bible studies in people’s homes *Church services etc. Attending these events are fun since most of the community has been apart for a while but it is also very dangerous for some residents within our community. When residents gather together especially indoors without using face coverings and not being physically distant from each other along with singing, shouting, talking, laughing, etc. it increases the risk of spreading this infection among these crowds like a wildfire
Six new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed Saturday in Caldwell County with two more on Sunday.
North Carolina reported another 1,443 additional COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the fifth straight day of 1,000 or more new cases.
The Caldwell County Health Department in conjunction with West Caldwell Health Council will hold a COVID-19 Drive-thru Testing Event on Tuesday, June 16, from 2-5 p.m. at South Caldwell High School. Testing is free, but people are asked to bring their insurance card and, if possible, download and complete the testing form found at www.caldwellcountync.org/coronavirus-covid-19/testing.
NCDHHS recommends testing for the following people:
· Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19
· Close contacts of known positive cases, regardless of symptoms
· People who live in or have regular contact with high-risk settings (e.g., long-term care facility, homeless shelter, correctional facility, migrant farmworker camp)
· People who are at high risk of severe illness (e.g., people over 65 years of age, people of any age with underlying health conditions)
· Minority populations
· Healthcare workers or first responders (e.g. EMS, law enforcement, fire department, military)
· Frontline and essential workers (grocery store clerks, gas station attendants, etc.) in settings where social distancing is difficult to maintain
· People who have attended protests, rallies, or other mass gatherings could have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 or could have exposed others
