North Carolina
13 North Carolina counties, including 5 in Triad, fall into CDC’s worst COVID category
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Out of North Carolina’s 100 counties, there are 13 that rank amongst counties with the very best COVID-19 ranges within the nation, in keeping with the CDC.
The CDC gives a county-by-county map that color-codes each county in the US as “low,” “medium” or “excessive” ranges of COVID-19 group transmission.
The CDC determines the group stage by counting the variety of new COVID-19 circumstances, hospital admissions and hospital beds in use by COVID-19 sufferers.
The CDC recommends however doesn’t require carrying a masks inside counties within the “excessive” class.
A lot of North Carolina falls into both the low or medium classes, however there are 13 counties that rank excessive. Seven of these high-ranking counties are within the FOX8 viewing space, and, out of these seven, 5 are within the Piedmont Triad correct.
Inside the Piedmont Triad, the CDC stories the counties with “excessive” COVID-19 transmission are Alamance, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry and Yadkin counties. Alleghany and Davie, each ranked excessive, are a part of the FOX8 viewing space however not technically a part of the Piedmont Triad.
Guilford, Davidson and Wilkes counties are ranked medium. Caswell, Montgomery, Randolph and Rockingham counties are ranked low.
Past the Triad, North Carolina’s different high-ranking counties are Durham, Granville, Hyde, Particular person, Pitt, Vance and Warren counties.
Throughout the US, there are 241 counties (about 7.5% of counties) within the excessive class, 736 (about 22.8%) within the medium class and 2247 (69.7%) within the low class.
For distinction, there are 16 states that haven’t any high-ranking counties (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming). Many others have three or fewer, together with South Carolina the place solely Horry County, house of Myrtle Seashore, is within the excessive class.