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LIVE BLOG: Nearly 2,000 North Carolinians being treated in hospitals for COVID-19

Here you can find up-to-the-minute information on the coronavirus in the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina and the surrounding region. Live Updates: 12:15 p.m. Monday update: As of Monday almost 2,000 North Carolinians — 1,966 — are being treated in hospitals across the state for the coronavirus. As of Sunday, Triad hospitals had more people in the hospital than any other regional hospital system, according to NCDHHS. Click here for more coronavirus coverage from WXII 12 NewsWhat’s New: Week of Nov. 29, 2020More than 13.2 million people in the country have been infected with the virus and more than 266,000 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.Following a month of skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, the U.S. has reached its highest number yet of hospitalizations due to the virus.The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus over the coming weeks, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas.Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak.North Carolina Numbers:As of Sunday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports:New cases: 2,734Total cases: 364,512Deaths: 5,261Hospitalizations: 1,966Completed tests: 5,295,290Tests returned positive: 9.5%Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, said the goal for this benchmark is 5%.>>MAP: North Carolina coronavirus county alert systemPiedmont Triad County Numbers:Alamance County has 7,578 positive cases, 120 deathsAlleghany County has 433 positive cases, 2 deathsCaswell County has 846 positive cases, 6 deathsDavidson County has 5,378 positive cases, 52 deaths Davie County has 1,259 positive cases, 16 deathsForsyth County has 13,421 positive cases, 166 deathsGuilford County has 16,849 positive cases, 239 deaths Montgomery County has 1,435 positive cases, 43 deathsRandolph County has 5,429 positive cases, 84 deaths Rockingham County has 3,113 positive cases, 34 deathsStokes County has 1,173 positive cases, 16 deathsSurry County has 2,809 positive cases, 44 deathsWilkes County has 2,715 positive cases, 51 deathsYadkin County has 1,550 positive cases, 14 deaths>> MAP: North Carolina COVID-19 cases by county Resources:

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Here you can find up-to-the-minute information on the coronavirus in the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina and the surrounding region.

Live Updates:

12:15 p.m. Monday update: As of Monday almost 2,000 North Carolinians — 1,966 — are being treated in hospitals across the state for the coronavirus.

As of Sunday, Triad hospitals had more people in the hospital than any other regional hospital system, according to NCDHHS.

Click here for more coronavirus coverage from WXII 12 News

What’s New: Week of Nov. 29, 2020

More than 13.2 million people in the country have been infected with the virus and more than 266,000 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Following a month of skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, the U.S. has reached its highest number yet of hospitalizations due to the virus.
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus over the coming weeks, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas.
Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak.

North Carolina Numbers:
As of Sunday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports:

New cases: 2,734
Total cases: 364,512
Deaths: 5,261
Hospitalizations: 1,966
Completed tests: 5,295,290
Tests returned positive: 9.5%

Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, said the goal for this benchmark is 5%.

>>MAP: North Carolina coronavirus county alert system