ASHEVILLE, NC – May 22, 2024 – The CDC’s COVID Dashboard for the week ending on May 11th shows:
- Fewer than 10 deaths in North Carolina were due to COVID, the 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 8th shows:
- The number of viral gene copies in each water sample is between 0-20%, the lowest level of 5 groups.
- The 15-day rate of change of the number of viral gene copies in each water sample has increased from the previous week to between 10% to 99%, the middle group of 3 with a positive rate of change.
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Contact: Dr. Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, healthyasheville@ashevillefm.org