ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County’s number of recoveries from the coronavirus stands at 83, its Health Department said Sunday.

The county has recorded 100 positive cases of COVID-19. Two people have died; the status of the other 15, whether hospitalized or isolating at home, is not known.

The month included both deaths and 77 cases. In 19 of 31 reports, the county reported two or more cases.

The county has just one place with an outbreak, while adjacent counties have at least 14 — 12 among congregate living settings, two at meat-processing plants. Bladen’s outbreak is at the Smithfield Foods plant in Tar Heel, one of at least 27 in the state that have contributed more than 2,000 virus cases to North Carolina’s total.

The state Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday there have been 886 deaths, up nine from Saturday; 28,589 cases, up 916; and 649 hospitalized, up 11. The state counts 416,289 completed tests.

In its last five reports, DHHS has added 4,449 cases and 63,895 completed tests — a 6.96 percent positive rate, about the same as the 6.87 percent of all cases and tests statistically reported. Health officials have said not all cases or tests are included, a fact that skews definitive accuracy.

In the DHHS postal breakdown, the ZIP code for Elizabethtown and White Lake has 22 cases. There have been 14 in Clarkton, 12 in Bladenboro, 11 in Tar Heel, nine in White Oak, six in Council, five in East Arcadia, three in Dublin, and one in Kelly. The numbers do not match the state’s county total because not all communities are represented.

In adjacent counties, there have been 62 deaths and 2,340 cases. Cumberland has 17 deaths and 691 cases; Columbus has 26 deaths and 335 cases; Robeson has 14 deaths and 755 cases; Sampson has four deaths and 479 cases; and Pender has one death and 80 cases.

Congregate living settings have reported 552 deaths and 5,378 positive cases. Outbreaks have been identified at 91 nursing homes, 43 residential care facilities, 19 correctional institutions and seven other facilities. Of those, six each are in Robeson and Columbus, five in Cumberland and one in Pender.

With 81 percent of hospitals reporting, the state says there is availability of 76 percent of ventilators, 14 percent of intensive care unit beds, and 23 percent of hospital beds.

In the personal protective equipment category, gowns and N95 respirator masks each have less than a 30-day supply.

There was no big change in age and gender breakdown, though the number of cases has gradually included a younger population. Those 50-and-over account for 96 percent of the deaths and 39 percent of the cases, with ages 25-49 having 44 percent of the cases. The split of cases and deaths is close to even between men and women.

A combined 13 metropolitan counties have the state’s three largest cities and account for 46.5 percent of the deaths (412) and 48.9 percent of the cases (13,969) in the state.

In the Charlotte area, Mecklenburg County has 89 deaths and 4,250 positive cases, Rowan County has 33 deaths and 654 cases, Cabarrus County has 21 deaths and 488 cases, Union County has 19 deaths and 442 cases, and Gaston County has seven deaths and 281 cases — a total of 169 deaths and 6,115 cases.

In and near the Triangle area, Durham County has 46 deaths and 1,615 cases, Wake County has 39 deaths and 1,747 cases, Orange County has 40 deaths and 348 cases, and Johnston County has 17 deaths and 456 cases — a total of 142 deaths and 4,166 cases.

In the interior of the 12-county Piedmont Triad, Guilford County has 64 deaths and 1,264 cases, Davidson County has 13 deaths and 413 cases, Forsyth County has 11 deaths and 1,347 cases, and Randolph County has 13 deaths and 664 cases — a total of 101 deaths and 3,688 cases.

According to the coronavirus tracker of Johns Hopkins University, available on BladenJournal.com., more than 1.7 million confirmed cases and 104,000 deaths are counted in the U.S. The second-highest case total is in Brazil, with more than 498,000.

There are more than 6.1 million cases worldwide, with more than 371,000 deaths.

Alan Wooten can be reached at 910-247-9132 or awooten@bladenjournal.com. Twitter: @alanwooten19.