Covid 19, Update 10

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https://www.newbernsj.com/news/20200314/first-coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-craven-county

First coronavirus case confirmed in Craven County

By Charlie Hall

Posted at 12:02 PM
The first case of the Novel Coronavirus - COVID-19 - has been confirmed in Craven County.

Craven County Health Director Scott Harrelson made the announcement Saturday morning.

“We have our first positive, a person who recently traveled out of the country,” Harrelson said. “We believe that is where he acquired it. The individual and their spouse have been in isolation and quarantine and now we begin contact tracing.”

Close contact is anyone who was within six feet of the individual for 10 minutes or more.

Harrelson said it is not believed that this was a community acquired transmission.

The couple is in home isolation.

The treatment information is not available.

“I cannot speak to what treatment they might receive because the person’s individual physician will determine that,” Harrelson said. “Our (health department) staff will reach out to their immediate contacts and they will be quarantined.”

The man who tested positive became symptomatic and had a negative flu test. He was tested for COVID-19 on Wednesday and confirmation of positive COVID-19 test results were received at the Craven County Health Department Saturday morning from the North Carolina State Lab.

Previously, Craven had seven or more people in self-quarantine, with four expected to come off the 14-day quarantine period this weekend. Harrelson said Friday that only one of those in quarantine was symptomatic.

He said the others were advised to self-quarantine at home after recent travel to Zone 3 European countries or being in contact with someone who is symptomatic of the virus.

Craven County Government COVID-19 updates will appear on the Craven County website at www.cravencountync.gov , on the Craven County Facebook page @cravencounty and the Craven

County Twitter account @cravencountync . Residents are also encouraged to register to receive notifications via the Craven County website and to register to receive emergency notifications via text, email and phone calls through the CodeRed Emergency Notification System.

For more information on COVID-19, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health website at

https://ncdhhs.gov/coronavirus

Charlie Hall can be reached at 252-635-5667 or 252-259-7585, or [e-mail]. Follow him on Facebook at Charlie Hall
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Coronavirus pandemic live updates: Wake County elementary teacher tests positive for COVID-19; 10th positive case in Wake County

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Fuquay-Varina elementary school teacher has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the 10th case in Wake County, officials said Saturday.

More at the link: https://abc11.com/6012450

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Updated count:

Five (11) Wake, two (2) new cases today
Two (2) Forsyth
One (1) Mecklenburg
One (1) Johnston
One (1) Harnett
One (1) Onslow
One (1) Durham
One (1) Chatham
One (1) Cabarrus
One (1) Wayne
One (1) Craven, new
One (1) Brunswick, new

Total Reported Statewide: 23

Good luck everyone.
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