Covid 19, Update 20

Updated case count by county:

0437 hours Eastern
Friday, March 20th

Thirty-five (35) Durham
Thirty-one (31) Mecklenburg
Twenty-five (25) Wake
Six (6) Harnett
Five (5) Forsyth
Three (3) Chatham
Three (3) Guilford
Two (2) Johnston
Two (2) Wayne
Two (2) Craven
Two (2) Watauga
Two (2) Wilson
Two (2) Iredell
Two (2) Union
Two (2) Moore
Two (2) Cumberland
One (1) Cabarrus
One (1) Onslow
One (1) Brunswick
One (1) Sampson
One (1) Lincoln
One (1) Gaston
One (1) New Hanover
One (1) Buncombe
One (1) Hoke
One (1) Pitt
One (1) Rowan
One (1) Davidson
One (1) Pasquotank

Total Suspected Reported Statewide: 139

29/100 counties, up 3

This is a change of cases from the last update, of cases statewide. That number was 121.

Case number discrepancies are starting to emerge as some of those suspected positive, but proven otherwise, are dropped from the count. I am using the higher numbers until the counts are otherwise adjusted.

Reported range today is from 97 to 139 cases.

NCDHHS has graph count and map, showing the affected counties here:

https://www.ncdhhs.gov/covid-19-case-count-nc

Updated daily by 11 a.m. each day. Last updated 9:45 a.m., March 19, 2020.

Comments and suggestions on these updates are welcome and deeply appreciated. We are all in this together.

Good luck everyone.
❤ lmsp

Covid 19, Update 19

Updated case count by county:

1445 hours Eastern
Thursday, March 19th


Thirty-seven (37) Durham
Thirty (30) Mecklenburg
Twenty-two (22) Wake
Four (4) Harnett
Four (4) Unassigned
Three (3) Chatham
Two (2) Forsyth
Two (2) Johnston
One (2) Craven
Two (2) Watauga
Two (2) Iredell
One (1) Cabarrus
One (1) Onslow
One (1) Wayne
One (1) Brunswick
One (1) Wilson
One (1) Sampson
One (1) Guilford
One (1) Lincoln
One (1) Gaston
One (1) New Hanover
One (1) Union
One (1) Moore
One (1) Buncombe
One (1) Hoke
One (1) Pitt
One (1) Davidson

Total Suspected Reported Statewide: 121

26/100 counties

Note: New category added for Unassigned Cases

This is a change of cases from the last update, of cases statewide. That number was 92. Case number discrepancies are starting to emerge as some of those suspected positive, but proven otherwise, are dropped from the count. I am using the higher numbers until the counts are otherwise adjusted.

Reported range today is from 97 to 121 cases.

NCDHHS has graph count and map, showing the affected counties here:

https://www.ncdhhs.gov/covid-19-case-count-nc

It is updated daily by 11 a.m. each day. Last update was 09:45 a.m., March 19, 2020.

Comments and suggestions on these updates are welcome and deeply appreciated. We are all in this together.

Good luck everyone.
❤ lmsp

Covid 19, Update 18

Tonight on UNC-TV at 730 pm

Focus On Coronavirus

Conversation W/ Dr. Mandy Cohen, Part Two #102
NC DHHS Secretary, Dr. Mandy Cohen, offers an update on NC's fight to contain COVID-19.
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Focus On: Coronavirus: Conversation w/ Dr. Mandy Cohen Part One
03/12/2020 | 19m 59s

https://video.unctv.org/video/focus-on-coronavirus-conversation-w-dr-mandy-cohen-61ujlo/

NC Secretary of Health & Human Services, Dr. Mandy Cohen, discusses North Carolina's response to fighting COVID-19, options state leaders can take to address the spread of coronavirus and options on the table as coronavirus sparks event cancellations and self-quarantines of infected North Carolinians. Host by NC Spin's Tom Campbell.

Aired: 03/12/20

Rating: NR

Good luck everyone.
❤ lmsp

Donations Arrive from Jack Ma

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma tweeted for the first time ever to say he's started shipping 1 million masks and 500,000 coronavirus testing kits to the US


https://www.businessinsider.com/jack-ma-twitter-million-masks-coronavirus-testing-kits-us-2020-3?amp&__twitter_impression=true

The first shipment of masks and coronavirus test kits to the US is taking off from Shanghai. All the best to our friends in America. 🙏 https://t.co/LTn26gvlOl

https://twitter.com/JackMa/status/1239388330405449728?s=19

Looks like it lands in Chicago from Anchorage at 11:45am tomorrow. (Yesterday?)

https://twitter.com/DanODonne11/status/1239414590208786432?s=19

These items supposedly arrived recently, like this morning or last night* and will be distributed by the CDC. Am I the only one who thinks we will never see them or they'll be on the black market in months after society collapses or fat Nixon and his merry band of grifters aka his son in law et. al. will take the donations and sell them for a profit. I'm feeling so jaded.

*Yesterday Chicago @ 1145

Covid 19, Update 17

Updated case count by county:

0238 hours Eastern
Wednesday, March 18th

Seventeen (17) Wake
Sixteen (16) Durham
Eleven (11) Mecklenburg
Three (3) Chatham
Three (3) Harnett
Two (2) Forsyth
Two (2) Johnston
One (1) Cabarrus
One (1) Onslow
One (1) Wayne
One (1) Brunswick
One (1) Craven
One (1) Watauga
One (1) Wilson
One (1) Iredell
One (1) Sampson
One (1) Guilford
One (1) Orange
One (1) Lincoln
Total Suspected Reported Statewide: 66

19/100 counties, up 2

This is a change of 16 case from the last update, of cases statewide. That number was 50. Case number discrepancies are starting to emerge as some of those suspected positive, but proven otherwise are dropped from the count. I am using the higher numbers until the counts are otherwise adjusted.

Reported range today is from 40 to 66 cases.

NCDHHS has graph count and map, showing the affected counties here:
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/covid-19-case-count-nc

Good luck everyone.
❤ lmsp

Covid 19, Update 16

Covid 19, Update 16
~NEW~
☆Executive Order to close restaurants and bars for dine-in service but allows takeout and delivery orders.
☆Governor Cooper Requests Small Business Administration Disaster Declaration to Aid COVID-19 Response
☆The governor, at a press conference today, has issued new guidance for the unemployed and small businesses.

Watch the presser in English and Spanish here:
https://www.ncdps.gov/storm-update

Covid 19, Update 15

Updated case count by county:

0420 hours Eastern
Tuesday, March 17th

Sixteen (16) Wake
Ten (10) Mecklenburg
Six (6) Harnett
Two (2) Forsyth
Two (2) Johnston
Two (2) Iredell
Two (2) Sampson
One (1) Chatham
One (1) Durham
One (1) Cabarrus
One (1) Onslow
One (1) Wayne
One (1) Brunswick
One (1) Craven
One (1) Watauga
One (1) Wilson

Total Suspected Reported Statewide: 49

This is a change of 8 cases from the last update, of cases statewide. That number was 41. Case number discrepancies are starting to emerge as some of those suspected positive, but proven otherwise are dropped from the count. I am using the higher numbers until the counts are otherwise adjusted.

Reported range today is from 33 to 41 cases.

NCDHHS has graph count and more to the point,
a NC map, showing the affected counties here:
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/covid-19-case-count-nc


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Here are some resources specific to the New Hanover/ILM metro area that were shared with me:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQdFB7E5uqlnZUxootJyvTvXHS4u4QqUMLtm2scmTgTC_5oAHRg7s5s-5U4VtX2u_skf-ZITslGXs7H/pub

Some of them are of a generic form that could be helpful for those in other parts of the state.

If you want to help and add more you can do it here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfB033L1ByLh7zAgunCsFnjCauZ7eHv9ZcQ8BGJjlTVBFqicw/viewform

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If you have additional resources or see any mistakes here please let me know. Thank you.

Good luck everyone.
❤ lmsp

Covid 19, Update 14

Updated case count by county:

1603 hours Eastern
Monday, March 16th

Fourteen (14) Wake
Ten (10) Mecklenburg
Four (4) Harnett
Two (2) Forsyth
Two (2) Johnston
One (1) Chatham
One (1) Durham
One (1) Cabarrus
One (1) Onslow
One (1) Wayne
One (1) Brunswick
One (1) Craven
One (1) Watauga
One (1) Wilson

Total Suspected Reported Statewide: 41

This is a change of 11 cases from the last update, of cases statewide. That number was 30. Case number discrepancies are starting to emerge as some of those suspected positive, but proven otherwise are dropped from the count. I am using the higher numbers until the counts are otherwise adjusted.

Reported range today is from 33 to 41 cases.

NCDHHS has graph count and more to the point,
a NC map, showing the affected counties here:
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/covid-19-case-count-nc

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New Press release:

Governor Cooper Requests Small Business Administration Disaster Declaration to Aid COVID-19 Response
Request is first step to provide relief for the state’s business owners

RALEIGH
Mar 16, 2020

Governor Roy Cooper requested that the U.S. Small Business Administration grant a disaster declaration for business owners in North Carolina facing economic losses due to the new Coronavirus, COVID-19.

“I’m asking the SBA for assistance so we can get relief to help business owners in our state weather the economic impacts of COVID-19,” said Governor Cooper. “We know that the new Coronavirus is already impacting businesses and this financial assistance will help.”

If granted, the declaration would provide disaster loans to impacted businesses to help fulfill financial obligations and operating expenses. The request is for assistance to affected businesses across the state.

On March 10, Governor Cooper issued Executive Order No. 116 declaring a State of Emergency for the State of North Carolina. The declaration activated the State Emergency Operations Center to help agencies coordinate the response to COVID-19. Governor Cooper also established the Governor’s Novel Coronavirus Task Force on COVID-19 to work with state, local and federal partners in responding to challenges posed by COVID-19.

View Governor Cooper’s letter (PDF)
here:

Good luck everyone.
❤ lmsp

Woody Guthrie, So long it's been good to know you

United States Resource Availability for COVID-19

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Supply of mechanical ventilators in U.S. acute care hospitals: Based on a 2009 survey of AHA hospitals, U.S. acute care hospitals are estimated to own approximately 62,000 full-featured mechanical ventilators.7 Approximately 46% of these can be used to ventilate pediatric and neonatal patients. Additionally, some hospitals keep older models for emergency purposes. Older models, which are not full featured but may provide basic functions, add an additional 98,738 ventilators to the U.S. supply.7 The older devices include 22,976 noninvasive ventilators, 32,668 automatic resuscitators, and 8,567 continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) units.
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Much more at the link: https://www.sccm.org/Blog/March-2020/United-States-Resource-Availability-for-COVID-19