//Behind the Numbers: COVID-19 metrics impacting NC restriction rollback

Behind the Numbers: COVID-19 metrics impacting NC restriction rollback

Factoring into the easing of restrictions, was the improvement in the state’s key COVID-19 metrics.

NCDHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen said the state’s daily cases, percent positivity, and coronavirus-related hospitalizations have improved significantly since the January peak.

The percentage of positive tests remains under health officials’ goal line of 5%, and reports of COVID-like symptoms are declining and approaching baseline levels.

However, state health officials remain cautious about other metrics.

Cohen noted that, while cases have largely been declining, they have recently begun to plateau, which could signal a stalling in progress. Cohen said that metric needs monitoring, particularly with more-contagious variants present in the state.

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