ELIZABETHTOWN — Two people are hospitalized and active coronavirus cases remain steady, on Thursday reported to be 44 according to the Bladen County Health Department.
The daily update included four cases and two recoveries. In April, the county has recorded just 68 cases — a figure lower than every month since last June’s 271.
Since the pandemic began, Bladen has had 41 deaths, 3,177 cases and 3,092 recoveries.
Vaccination series are complete for 24.8 percent of the county and 28.9 percent of the state, the Department of Health and Human Services says. There are 8,116 people fully vaccinated in Bladen County, and 9,634 partially vaccinated. Statewide, there are 3,028,146 people fully vaccinated and 3,936,854 partially vaccinated.
The DHHS postal ZIP code report lists 1,073 cases in Elizabethtown and White Lake since the pandemic began; 764 in Bladenboro; 417 in Clarkton; 341 in East Arcadia; 169 in White Oak; 161 in Tar Heel; 87 in Council; and 62 in Kelly.
There are 20 fatalities listed for the ZIP in Elizabethtown and White Lake. There have been eight in Bladenboro; five in East Arcadia; four in Clarkton; two each in Council and White Oak; and one each in Tar Heel and Kelly. The Dublin ZIP code disappeared from the state report on Jan. 29.
Thursday’s totals from the state included:
• 12,505 deaths, up 25 from Wednesday’s noon report.
• 954,765 cases, up 2,236.
• 1,149 hospitalized, down 19.
• 12,021,825 tests, up 41,747.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. But for others, especially older adults and people with existing health conditions, the highly contagious virus can cause severe symptoms and be fatal.
In Bladen County, the ages 25-49 category has had 38 percent of the cases, 50-64 has 22 percent, 18-24 has 12 percent, 17-and-under has 14 percent, 65-74 has 11 percent and 75-or-older has 5 percent. Ages for 22 of 41 deaths are suppressed; six are ages 75-and-older, six are ages 65-74, five are ages 50-64, and two are ages 25-49.
Statewide, the ages 25-49 category has had 39 percent of the cases, 50-64 has 20 percent, 18-24 has 14 percent, 17-and-under has 12 percent, 65-74 has 8 percent and 75-or-older has 6 percent. Of the fatalities, ages 75-and-older has made up 59 percent, 65-74 has 23 percent, 50-64 has 14 percent and 25-49 has 4 percent.
In adjacent counties to Bladen, there have been 849 deaths and 62,450 cases. Cumberland has 297 deaths and 27,184 cases; Robeson has 227 deaths and 16,062 cases; Columbus has 150 deaths and 6,244 cases; Sampson has 106 deaths and 7,739 cases; and Pender has 69 deaths and 5,221 cases.
Congregate living settings in North Carolina have totaled 5,488 deaths and 71,578 positive cases. Outbreaks have been identified and are active at 137 nursing homes, 63 residential care facilities, 52 correctional institutions and five other facilities. Of those, 10 are in Cumberland, seven in Robeson, five in Pender, two in Sampson, and one each in Bladen and Columbus.
Robeson has four clusters, and three in Cumberland.
With 96 percent of the state’s hospitals reporting, DHHS says there is availability of 75 percent of the ventilators, 20 percent of the intensive care unit beds and 23 percent of all hospital beds.
In the personal protective equipment category, medical KN95 respirators have 80 days supply. All other categories are at least three months.
A combined 13 metropolitan counties have the state’s three largest cities and account for 38.3 percent of the deaths (4,795) and 46.5 percent of the cases (444,029).
In the Charlotte area, Mecklenburg County has 933 deaths and 108,211 positive cases, Gaston County has 415 deaths and 25,859 cases, Rowan County has 300 deaths and 16,344 cases, Cabarrus County has 250 deaths and 21,068 cases, and Union County has 210 deaths and 23,600 cases — a total of 2,108 deaths and 195,082 cases.
In and near the Triangle area, Wake County has 713 deaths and 84,579 cases, Durham County has 217 deaths and 24,385 cases, Johnston County has 209 deaths and 20,580 cases, and Orange County has 101 deaths and 8,376 cases — a total of 1,240 deaths and 137,920 cases.
In the interior of the 12-county Piedmont Triad, Guilford County has 668 deaths and 45,600 cases, Forsyth County has 370 deaths and 34,753 cases, Randolph County has 224 deaths and 14,729 cases, and Davidson County has 185 deaths and 15,945 cases — a total of 1,447 deaths and 111,027 cases.
According to the coronavirus tracker of Johns Hopkins University, available on BladenJournal.com, more than 31.8 million confirmed cases and 569,000 deaths are counted in the U.S. The second-highest case total is in India, with more than 15.9 million.
There have been more than 144.1 million cases worldwide, with more than 3 million deaths.
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