ROCKINGHAM — Although the Richmond County Health Department has reported a dozen new cases of COVID-19 in the past two days, the number of recoveries has been more than twice that.
Active cases dropped to 99 on Wednesday despite 11 new cases being announced. Only one case was reported Tuesday.
According to the Health Department, 32 additional patients have recovered from the coronavirus, bringing that total to 310.
Since testing began, 3,060 results have been negative and only 417 (13.6%) have been positive.
Two patients are currently hospitalized and 97 are under home isolation.
Statewide numbers are again on the increase, after dipping to the lowest point this month.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 2,140 new cases on Wednesday — the fourth-highest this month and since testing began. A new record for per-diem cases was set over the weekend with 2,481 on July 18.
The total hospitalizations across the state on Tuesday tied the record of 1,179 set on July 16.
COVID-related deaths seem to be on a downward track, with occasional spikes. As of Wednesday the total was 1,698.
Eight of those have been Richmond County residents, with the most recent being reported on Tuesday. Four were reported during the month of June.
BY THE NUMBERS
The number of local cases per age group are as follows:
- 0-18 – 51
- 19-30 – 71
- 31-40 – 63
- 41-50 – 79
- 50-64 – 98
- 65-older – 55
The number of cases per ZIP code are as follows:
- Rockingham – 246 (174 recovered)
- Hamlet – 110 (87 recovered)
- Ellerbe – 40 (33 recovered)
- Hoffman – 19 (15 recovered)
- Mount Gilead – 2 (1 recovered)
DHHS reports that 30 of the state’s 100 counties that have now experienced more than 1,000 total cases, with Lee County joining Orange, Wilson, Burke, Catawba, Iredell, Chatham, Davidson, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union, Rowan, Cabarrus, Randolph, Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Wake, Johnston, Wayne, Pitt, Duplin, Sampson, New Hanover, Cumberland, Robeson,Buncombe, Henderson, Granville and Pitt counties.
Graham County, in the mountains bordering Tennessee, had been holding steady with only 10 positive cases, but DHHS reported 15 on Wednesday. Graham still has the fewest in the state, according to DHHS. The only other county in that region with fewer than 30 is Maidson (25).
Gates and Hyde counties, with 34 and 35 cases, respectively, have the fewest in the eastern part of the state. No other coastal counties have fewer than 40 cases.
The total numbers (including recoveries) for surrounding counties are as follows:
- Mecklenburg -22,287 (the only county to top 10,000)
- Union – 2,287
- Stanly – 708
- Montgomery – 466
- Anson – 267
- Moore – 748 (131 active)
- Hoke – 577
- Scotland – 203
- Robeson – 2,015
All numbers except Moore are from DHHS, which is from the local health department, as there has been a discrepancy with the state showing fewer cases. However, on Monday, DHHS reported seven more cases than the county.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, which last updated its numbers on July 14, is reporting 565 cases in Chesterfield County and 372 in Marlboro County.
