ASHEVILLE, NC – May 15, 2024 – Effective May 1st, hospitals are no longer required to report hospital admissions to the CDC. The CDC’s COVID Dashboard for the week ending on May 4th shows:
- One percent 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 May 1st shows:
- The number of viral gene copies in each water sample is at the middle 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, between -9% to 0%.
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Contact: Dr. Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, healthyasheville@ashevillefm.org