North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that he is extending the state’s modified stay at home order until Feb. 28.
Cooper’s executive order requires all North Carolina residents to continue to wear masks in public and work from home unless essential, as well as a nightly curfew from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. Residents are also asked to continue social distance, stay away from large gatherings and avoid anyone, outside of their family, who is not wearing a mask.
Cooper said while it’s good to see our numbers are decreasing and stabilizing, they remain too high.
“We need to keep up our efforts to slow the spread of the virus,” Cooper said.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 5,587
new cases Wednesday. The positivity rate appears to be dropping, falling to 11.1%. That number is still more than double what health officials want, but it’s down from nearly 15% earlier this month. #WakeUpCLT #COVID19 #Coronavirus
