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6:20 am
The Transportation Security Administration announced it was examining more than a million people the day after Christmas.
The day after Christmas was the second busiest day since the pandemic began. The busiest day was the day before Christmas, when the TSA examined 1,191,123 people.
The daily figures for this holiday period are about half the number of travelers examined on the same day in 2019.
TSA figures come as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges Americans to stay home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As cases continue to rise as a result of Thanksgiving-related travel, health experts warn that a similar increase is likely to occur in a couple of weeks due to the end-of-year holiday-related trip.
Headlines Monday morning
Residents of North Carolina’s nursing homes and long-term care centers will begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
CVS and Walgreens are organizing the vaccines, but for privacy reasons, they do not first identify the specific sites that will receive the shots.
We know that CVS administers vaccines to nearly 900 North Carolina facilities and more than 40,000 nationwide, as of Monday. The group expects to vaccinate up to 4 million residents and staff members.
CVS said it will begin offering the vaccine to the general public next year.
Meanwhile, North Carolina’s COVID-19 metrics remain at record or near levels.
To date, more than half a million people have tested positive for the virus in North Carolina, with at least 6,549 people killed. Updated numbers will be published around noon.
SUNDAY
9 p.m.
President Donald Trump signs the COVID-19 relief bill after being delayed for nearly a week.
The president announced on Sunday that he had signed the bipartisan bill led by his own representatives, but that earlier this week he described it as unfortunate.
In a statement, the president said he was signing the bill, but also called on Congress to make changes to it.
12:48 pm
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 2,898 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases statewide to 516,828.
The positive daily percentage continues to trend in the wrong direction and has risen 1.5 percent, bringing the total to 11.9 percent. The goal, as set by NCDHHS officials, is to be around 5 percent.
On Sunday afternoon, 100 more people are currently in hospital with COVID-19. For almost a whole week, the number of hospitalizations has been over 3,000.
Twenty-three more people have died due to complications with the virus since Saturday, bringing the total to 6,549.
In total, there were 6,737,864 tests completed, 29,776 more than on Saturday.
SATURDAY
13:40 h
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday released new COVID-19 numbers for the state for the first time in three days.
The numbers were not published on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
The daily case increases for the last three days are as follows:
December 24: 7,703
De. 25: 6.345
December 26: 5,371
In recent days, North Carolina has surpassed 500,000 total cases since the start of the pandemic.
Currently, 3,023 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state. The number of hospitalizations has been more than 3,000 since December 21.
The positive percentage in the state is 10.4 percent. The goal is to be around 5 percent.
10:29 h
A Nash Correctional Institution offender who was diagnosed as positive by COVID-19 died on Christmas night, prison officials said.
The 81-year-old offender had many underlying medical problems. He tested positive for COVID-19 on December 8 and was hospitalized on December 20.
“We sympathize with the offender’s family, because losing a loved one is hard enough, but especially during the holidays,” said Todd Ishee, a prison commissioner. “We continue to work diligently to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our prisons so that the health and safety of staff and the offending population remains our top priority.”
9 h
A look at the state’s “county alert system” shows the latest trends in community outreach in central North Carolina.
Wake and Durham counties are in the orange zone, with “substantial” levels of community outreach.
Cumberland County is in the red zone, with a “critical” spread.
The latest update shows that more than 90% of the state is in red or orange areas.
In the last two weeks, the number of counties in the red zone has increased from 48 to 65.
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