ROCKINGHAM — The new month started with the Richmond County Health Department reporting two new cases of COVID-19.
This brings the county’s total since April 7 to 163.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is reporting 165 cases.
One of the new cases is in the 41-50 age group, the other was a child 18 years old or younger.
Of the tests performed, 1,073 have been negative.
The Health Department also reported that three more patients have recovered for the coronavirus, making 73 in all.
Four patients are currently hospitalized and 83 are under home isolation.
The county reported its third COVID-related death over the weekend. The first death attributed to COVID-19 was reported on April 10; the second was on April 17.
Statewide, there have been 421,908 individuals tested with 26,293 being positive.
DHHS reports that 650 North Carolinans are currently hospitalized and 898 deaths have been been attributed to the coronavirus.
For weeks, there has been a discrepancy in the numbers reported by DHHS and the Moore County Health Department.
The county reports 224 cases while the state only shows 2017.
The total numbers (including recoveries) for other surrounding counties are as follows:
- Mecklenburg – 4,412
- Union – 454
- Anson – 65
- Stanly – 82
- Montgomery – 128
- Hoke – 243
- Scotland – 86
- Robeson – 755
As of May 25, DHHS estimates that 14,954 patients in the Tar Heel State have recovered.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control last updated its numbers on May 30, reporting 196 cases in Chesterfield County and 171 in Marlboro County.
Health officials in the Palmetto State estimate there could be hundreds of more people in those counties who are infected but have not yet been tested.
Of the surrounding counties, both Stanly and Marlboro saw an increase of 10 new cases since Saturday’s report and Chesterfield County has 16 new cases.
