WRAL Coronavirus | North Carolina COVID-19 news and cases

	At Least One Dose (18+)	Fully Vaccinated (18+)
NC	76.0%	71.0%
US	88.0%	75.0%

Updated COVID vaccines targeting current strains expected before Labor Day

North Carolina has seen a summer COVID surge in recent weeks, with COVID cases rising and wastewater data setting new records.

New reported COVID-19 cases, deaths in NC

New laboratory confirmed cases and deaths are based on daily reporting from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services via the agency's COVID-19 dashboard. The dashboard started publishing case counts on March 13 and death counts on March 26. Because these case and death numbers can lag slightly based on the time it takes labs to process tests and health officials to confirm cases, we're also calculating a seven-day rolling average to show the curve of cases. NOTE: This chart now includes cases and deaths identified through antigen testing, which DHHS began reporting on its dashboard on Sept. 25. Read more about the corrections and compare the changes here.

Source: N.C. DHHS
Graphic: Tyler Dukes, WRAL

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Coronavirus News Outside of North Carolina

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