ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond County Health Department announced Wednesday that another resident who has tested positive for COVID-19 died earlier in the day at a local hospital.
This makes the third COVID-related death for the month of November and the 37th overall. Local health officials reported 15 deaths occurred in October.
According to the Health Department, 26 have passed away in a hospital, eight have died in another healthcare setting and three have died outside of a health setting.
All patients have been between the ages of 31 and 95: 14 have been 80 or older; 10 have been in their 70s; nine in their 60s; three in their 50s; and one who was 31.
The race and gender breakdown is as follows: five African American females, four African American males, two American Indian males, 16 Caucasian females and 10 Caucasian males.
It is not known if any of the patients had underlying conditions.
According to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, there had been 4,507 COVID-related deaths across the state as of noon Nov. 4. Johns Hopkins University reports (as of 2:37 p.m Nov. 4) there have been 233,032 COVID-related deaths in the U.S. and 1,219,947 globally.
The Health Department reported 17 new cases on Monday, making 43 so far for the first week of November.
The total number of active cases is again more than 100, now at 87, with 98 under home isolation and six hospitalized. (Note: The daily statistics were announced prior to the most recent death.)
Since the first case was reported in April, 1,492 Richmond County residents have tested positive for the coronavirus and 1,352 have recovered. Of all the tests performed, 14,384 have returned a negative result.
DHHS reported 2,425 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total to 282,802. As of Monday, 246,318 were presumed to have recovered.
Free COVID testing began Monday in the parking lot of Cole Auditorium. Testing will continue through Friday, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. each day.
BY THE NUMBERS
The number of local cases per age group are as follows:
The number of cases per ZIP code are as follows:
More than 60 of the state’s 100 counties have now experienced more than 1,000 total cases.
Only four counties have had fewer than 200 cases, and they are all in the northeast corner of the state: Tyrrell (132), Camden (144), Gates (172) and Hyde (177). All four are among the state’s 10 least populated counties.
The total numbers (including recoveries) for surrounding counties are as follows:
All numbers are from DHHS except Moore, which are from the local health department, as there has been a discrepancy with the state.
