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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.

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