ROCKINGHAM — Two more people have recovered from the coronavirus while another person has tested positive.
In the Richmond County Health Department’s update on Monday, there were 16 patients listed as having recovered from COVID-19, up two from 14 on Saturday.
Health and Human Services Director Dr. Tommy Jarrell told the RO on Friday that he had expected several more recoveries at the beginning of this week, based on when the patients were diagnosed.
Those who test positive, who are employed, can expect to be out of work an average of two weeks, he said.
The Health Department also announced one new case since Saturday — when six new cases were reported — bringing the county’s total since April 7 to 58.
According to a breakdown of age groups, the latest patient is 65 years old or older, as there were only 12 listed on Saturday and now there are 13. It also appears the patient is from the Ellerbe area, based on a map showing the number of cases per zip code.
Twenty patients are between the ages of 51 and 64; 10 are 41-50; eight are 31-40; five are 19-30; and two are 18 or younger.
Six patients are currently hospitalized and 34 are under home isolation. The deaths of two Richmond County residents (or those with Richmond County addresses) are said to be related to COVID-19, according to health officials.
The majority of cases (34) are in the Rockingham area, while 20 have a Hamlet address. There are now three cases for Ellerbe and still only one listed in Hoffman.
There are 11,848 cases in 99 counties statewide, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The only county yet to have a confirmed case is Avery, which is just south of Watauga (Boone).
DHHS still has a discrepancy in the number of cases for Moore County.
While the state only shows 84 cases and three deaths, the Moore County Health Department reports 140 cases, with the fifth and sixth related deaths being announced on April 20.
Moore County spiked from April 6-10, rising from 20 to 84 cases in four days. The slope has been more gradual since April 14.
Four of Richmond County’s cases are tied to an outbreak at Pinehurst Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
Mecklenburg County has 1,734 reported cases and 50 deaths, according to DHHS, the most in the state. The other three highest counties are Wake, with 891 cases and 19 deaths; Durham, with 767 cases and 23 deaths; and Wayne, with 685 cases and 11 deaths.
As for the case counts in surrounding counties:
- Montgomery – 36, 2 deaths
- Stanly – 29, 4 deaths
- Union – 263, 12 deaths
- Anson – 30
- Scotland – 30
- Hoke -97
- Robeson – 204, 3 deaths
- Chesterfield – 59
- Marlboro – 50
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