GREENSBORO — State well being officers introduced Wednesday that newly reported COVID-19 circumstances and hospital admissions have elevated throughout North Carolina.
Officers say there have been 24,613 newly reported circumstances through the week ending July 2 — up from 23,544 the earlier week, in keeping with a report launched Wednesday by the N.C. Division of Well being and Human Companies.
Guilford County’s “neighborhood stage” stays a “low” classification as decided by the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. The CDC makes use of a number of completely different metrics to categorise the affect of COVID-19 sickness on well being and well being care programs in a county.
Regionally, public well being officers reported 78 new infections for a complete of 1,835 energetic circumstances on Wednesday and no new deaths.
In Cone Well being hospitals on Wednesday, 56 sufferers have been hospitalized with the coronavirus. Of these sufferers, 36 are unvaccinated and 20 are totally vaccinated.
Statewide, a minimum of 889 COVID-19 sufferers have been admitted to hospitals through the week ending July 2. That’s up from 831 the earlier week, in keeping with the DHHS report.
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The proportion of all emergency room visits statewide for sufferers with coronavirus signs was 4.9% through the week ending July 2 — down barely from 5% the earlier week, in keeping with the state report.
One other metric that well being specialists are watching intently is the variety of COVID-19 virus particles present in wastewater, which has been proven to be an early indicator of how rapidly the virus could unfold with out counting on particular person check outcomes.
Within the state’s newest report, 15.8 million coronavirus particles have been present in wastewater samples through the week ending June 29 — down from 16.4 million the week prior.
By comparability, 100 million COVID-19 particles have been present in wastewater samples in late January through the peak of the omicron surge.