Lee County government reported Monday that 130 new COVID-19 cases had been confirmed since Oct. 12, a surge that brought the total number of residents who have tested positive to 1,954.
Active cases continue to rise as well, with 258 patients still being monitored – up from 178 two weeks ago and 227 the week prior. 1,680 of those diagnosed have recovered, and there have been 16 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Lee County.
The Health Department doesn’t release information about individuals who have tested positive, but the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services COVID dashboard does provide some demographic information.
According to the dashboard, Lee County’s rolling seven day average for new cases is 17.57 – up from 14.29 a week ago – and the percent positive rate is 6.7. That number increased from 6.5 on Oct. 12.
The Health Department will hold community testing events at 106 Hillcrest Drive every Tuesday through October from 9 to 11 a.m. by appointment only. To make an appointment, please call (984) 368-2112 Monday through Friday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. or 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Is it generally agreed that a very helpful stat is the % of tests that are positive. I have not been able to get that for Lee County. Please report that number regularly.
Unless we’re talking about something different, the percent positivity rate has been included in our last six stories about Lee County’s weekly covid case report, including this one.
Why doesn’t the health department report COVID-19 related deaths? Did some of these patients have other morbidities that contributed to their deaths? The public is frustrated because the statistics are misleading.
But they literally do
One of the morbidities in a few of these fatalities was obesity. Where is that in this report?
That sort of information isn’t disclosed by the county or the hospital. How do you know it?
Stop the nonsense, The Rant does a fabulous
job at keeping us informed…
If you want more details call the health department!!!
Thank you The Rant for all that you do , kudos!