COVID-19 Cluster Reported

October 7, 2020

Laboratory-Confirmed Cases		Cases Reported			Recovered Patients						Active Patients
1873		39			1115						729
Deaths		Hospitalized			Active Outbreaks						Active Clusters
29		14			3						5
Total Tested					Total Negative					% Patients Tested Positive
24,430					22,007					7.67%

28624	28606		28645	28630		28638	28601		28667			28611		28655
1	5		1039	478		266	48		12			20		4
CASES BY AGE
0-17		18-24			25-49			50-64		65-74			75+
263		197			671			408		214			120
CASES BY RACE
White		African American			Hispanic			Asian		American Indian			Multi-Racial
74.64%		5.35%			18.73%			0.43%		0.06%			0.79%

Today, Caldwell County Health Department confirmed a cluster of cases at Merchant Distributors (MDI), bringing the total number of active clusters in the county to five. MDI has worked closely with the Health Department since the beginning of the pandemic to monitor and review the company’s practices and prevent the spread COVID in their facility.

Other active clusters include Poarch Chapel Missionary Methodist Church, Caldwell County Courthouse, Marx Industry, and West Lenoir Baptist Church. A cluster is defined as a minimum of five cases with illness onsets or initial positive results within a 14-day period and a plausible epidemiolocal link.

Thirty-nine COVID-19 cases were reported today — 18 in the 28645 Zip code, nine in 28630, nine in the 28638, one in the 28601, and two in 28601. Four patients are under the age of 17; five patients are between the ages of 18 and 24; 15 patients are between 25 and 49; nine are between 50 and 64; and six patients are between 65 and 74.

For information about Coronavirus, visit www.caldwellcountync.org/coronavirus-covid-19 or call the Emergency Operations Center at 828-426-8605. For statistical information, visit www.caldwellcountync.org/coronavirus-covid-19/dashboard.