Craven County hits 2,500 COVID-19 cases as state sets new restrictions

Craven County passed the 2,500 mark in total COVID-19 cases, just shy of eight months since the first case emerged here.

North Carolina has experienced a surge of new COVID-19 cases recently, with increased demand for hospital services. That growth spurt has not bee as significant in Craven County, which took a full week to go from 2,400 to 2,500 cases, compared to 3-5 days per hundred the previous month.

But with cold and flu season upon us, new restrictions were announced this week, along with new protective advice for the season.

Meanwhile, Craven County Schools has reported positive COVID-19 tests of three staff and 10 students so far in November.

During November, 48 cases have been contracted from “community spread” — places in the community where people gather such as schools. Another 20 were contracted from unknown sources.

About twice that many were contracted from known sources so far in November, such a friends, relatives, classmates, and co-workers.

There were 156 cases from “community spread” during October.

Craven County has 2,514 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Of those, 133 are active, 10 are hospitalized, and 65 have died.

Of the 2,514 cases, 29 have been related to out-of-state travel, 532 are from community transmission, 1,646 are a direct contact with a previously confirmed positive case, 94 are still being investigated, and 213 are unknown.

Craven County snapshot

Cases	Active	Recovered	Deaths	Hospitalized
2,514	133	2,316	65	10

Days to add 100

Milestone	Days to add 100
100	67
200	11
300	20
400	16
500	10
600	8
700	12
800	7
900	8
1,000	9
1,100	5
1,200	5
1,300	5
1,400	3
1,500	7
1,600	5
1,700	3
1,800	3
1,900	3
2,000	3
2,100	4
2,200	5
2,300	5
2,400	4
2,500	7