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Even as NC’s COVID numbers stabilize, jail outbreaks spike

from North Carolina Health News

Even as NC’s COVID numbers stabilize, jail outbreaks spike North Carolina Health News Nine jails in North Carolina have reported new COVID-19 outbreaks since Aug. 1. The infections have occurred just as the state has begun to see a hint of stabilization in its overall COVID-19 cases. The vast majority of these jails — in Avery, Carteret, Catawba, Gaston, Orange, Rutherford, Stokes and Wilkes counties — had no previous outbreaks, making this their first correctional outbreak since the pandemic began. READ MORE

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