Lee County Government reported 22 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed since Tuesday, bringing the total number of patients who have tested positive to 726.
Twelve of the cases were confirmed on Tuesday and 10 were confirmed on Wednesday. The number of patients who had recovered increased Wednesday by 33 to 518. There have been eight laboratory confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Lee County. The number of patients who are currently hospitalized was not released.
The county only discloses demographic information – age range and gender – of those who have tested positive. The information is reported on a 24 hour delay, so the 10 new cases announced Wednesday are not included below.
But of the 716 cases reported through Tuesday, 55 percent were female and 45 percent were male. There were 162 cases in people under 24, 274 between 25 and 44, 221 between 45 and 64, and 59 who were 65 or older.
Additionally, the City of Sanford on Wednesday announced that it would provide 2,000 free masks to the general public. The announcement came on the same day as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced an executive order requiring people to wear masks while in public.
“We can work together to slow down the spread of COVID-19 in Sanford by doing something as simple as wearing a mask,” Sanford Mayor Chet Mann said in a news release.
The masks will become available to the public on Thursday until supplies run out. People can get them at the following locations and times:
*Salvation Army, 507 N. Steele St. – Monday through Thursday – 9 a.m. – noon, 1 – 3 p.m.
*The Bread Basket, 140 E. Chisholm St. – Monday through Friday – 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
*Central Fire Station, 512 Hawkins Ave. – Monday through Friday – 10 a.m. – noon.
*Sanford Farmers’ Market, Chatham Street Parking Lot – Saturdays – 8 a.m. – noon.
*Christians United Outreach Center, 2885 Lee Ave. – Available through the mobile food line.
For more information about the program or to obtain a mask outside of the hours listed, contact Public Information Officer Kelly Miller at (919) 718-4658.
Yeah let’s wear a mask while it’s 90 degrees
Masks can be dangerous. The wearer intakes less oxygen and increases the amount of carbon monoxide they breath. Long term mask wearing can lead to dizziness, headaches and there are reports of people passing out.
The ideal blood oxygen level should be above 97 percent. This level drops below 89 percent with the mask on.
Lack of oxygen allows diminishing brain functioning. Seems to me that Gov. Cooper and Dr. Cohen have been wearing their masks to often.
Thats stupid.
Ummmm….I have 20 years experience with a child with cystic fibrosis, a genetic lung disease. His O2 levels were constantly monitored. I own a pulse ox. He was required to wear masks to leave his hospital room. With a severe, lung disease, that ultimately killed him, the mask never, not once, lowered his O2. It is uncomfortable but so is dying of a respiratory disease.
Y’all, my kid isn’t here anymore but there are thousands of people in this state that can and will die because of this kind of ignorance. Ask your Dr. if you should wear a mask. Don’t believe everything that someone posts with a number in it. Ask your doctor, read the CDC recommendations, put a pulse ox on your finger with the mask on and compare the numbers yourself.
Thanks for letting me rant…pun absolutely intended.
Peace
thank you for sharing your story and i’m so sorry for your loss… the level of complete ignorance is beyond anything i have ever seen regarding this!!! stay safe and a heck of a long way from the ones who think it is there God given right to not wear one …
so you are smarter than Dr.Cohen and Roy Cooper wow must be great to be you. When someone God forbid in your family dies form this let us know how smart u feel and odds r they may catch it from you..
D Jones do u have a pulse ox which u have monitored your or anybodies blood O2 levels?
I should have stated carbon dioxide. Reckon the mask wearing was the cause. My story and I am sticking to it.
I have been saying we should have been wearing them the whole time. I have asthma/copd and wear one when I can. What ever helps us get through this. #staypositive
The mask works well in keeping particulates from aggravating your asthma. Unfortunately you can still get COVID-19 while wearing a mask. Social distancing is the best thing for everyone.
For those that are interested I am providing a link that supports what I am writing here about masks. This is a verifiable study using scientific methods and facts.
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0015044
Unfortunately people are going to believe anything that the MSM.
The study you refer to is out of Cyprus, a website that anyone can post any article they want too is not a very good source of info. I’m not a fan of masks but I don’t believe the bad outweighs the good. Hopefully this will pass.
do you know anything about your source? Maybe you should look into… horrible site… well i suppose if you aren’t looking for accurate facts it’s for you
The article cited says NOTHING about reduction of oxygen and logic alone makes me doubt that this is the case.
A virus is quite a bit smaller than an oxygen molecule and you are far more likely to be breathing in droplets containing many viruses (and thus, even bigger than an oxygen molecule). If the mask is able to block oxygen and carbon dioxide (extremely unlikely unless you are using plastic wrap) it must be doing a GREAT job against the virus.
I would be willing to entertain the idea that the masks provide little protection, though that is not the way I would bet. But simultaneously believing they cannot block large disease particles but somehow CAN block far tinier atomic molecules makes no sense.