ASHEVILLE, NC – May 1, 2024 – The CDC’s COVID Dashboard for the week ending on April 20th shows:
- Hospital admission levels are low in every county in North Carolina, including Buncombe County. They are low in almost 100% of the counties in the U.S. Admissions have decreased in the U.S., North Carolina and Buncombe County from the previous week.
- Less than 2% of the deaths in North Carolina were due to COVID, the 2nd lowest level of 6 groups.
- Emergency room visits for COVID-19 are minimal in North Carolina, less than 1% of all ER visits
Wastewater monitoring can be used to provide early warning for COVID outbreaks. The Buncombe & Henderson counties wastewater data on the North Carolina COVID Dashboard for the week ending on April 17th shows:
- The number of viral gene copies in each water sample is at the 2nd lowest level of 5 groups.
- The 15-day rate of change of the number of viral gene copies in each water sample has decreased from the previous week, at the lowest level of 2 groups for a negative rate of change.
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Contact: Dr. Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, [email protected]
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