Coronavirus

Gov. Cooper lowers gathering limit; Rowan County reports another COVID-19 death

Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday lowered the state’s indoor and outdoor gathering limits and extended other aspects of ...

Coronavirus

Active COVID-19 cases climb to record heights in Rowan County

SALISBURY — With new positive coming faster than recoveries, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Rowan County ...

Coronavirus

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective

By Linda A. Johnson and Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writers Pfizer said Monday that early results from its ...

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Ask Us: When are coronavirus cases considered recovered?

Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to ...

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County ends week with two COVID-19 deaths, two new outbreaks as 12% of cases remain active

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County data show that more than 100, or about 12%, of currently ...

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Trump chief of staff Meadows diagnosed with COVID-19

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark ...

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Rowan County ending week with two new COVID-19 deaths, two new congregate outbreaks

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The county is ending election week with two additional COVID-19 deaths and ...

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COVID-19 deaths in Rowan County reach 122

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County health officials on Thursday reported a COVID-19 death of someone not ...

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Salisbury City Hall, customer service center to close to public as COVID-19 cases continue to rise

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Rowan County and across North ...

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New COVID-19 death reported at Liberty Commons

SALISBURY — Rowan County reported a COVID-19 death at Liberty Commons on Wednesday, marking the 15th death there ...

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Two congregate care facilities see new COVID-19 outbreaks

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — State health officials on Tuesday added two local congregate care facilities to ...

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59 new COVID-19 cases reported in Rowan

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County health officials added 59 COVID-19 cases to the total Sunday and ...

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As officials face second wave of COVID-19, some resisting steps to curb virus

By ADAM GELLER and DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even as a new surge ...

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State health officials ease shutdown for church that had 181 COVID-19 cases

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Health officials on Friday eased a shutdown of a North Carolina church where a COVID-19 ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: State reports 20 COVID-19 cases at Rockwell Christian School, outbreak at Brightmoor Nursing Center

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — State health officials on Friday reported a cluster of 20 COVID-19 cases ...

Coronavirus

County’s rate of tests returning positive continues to decrease, still above 7%

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The rate of COVID-19 tests returning positive in Rowan County continues to ...

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Two of four new COVID-19 deaths reported Wednesday from one nursing home

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Elmcroft of Salisbury, an assisted living facility on Mooresville Road, was the ...

Coronavirus

County reports COVID-19 death from Trinity Oaks Health and Rehab

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County health officials on Tuesday reported a COVID-19 death from Trinity Oaks ...

Coronavirus

13% of county’s COVID-19 cases currently positive

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After a week with five COVID-19 deaths, only nine additional cases were ...

Coronavirus

County finishes week with five deaths, one of 36 to receive letter from state health officials

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County ended the week with five reported deaths and nearly 13% ...

Coronavirus

County adds three more COVID-19 deaths to total

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — County health officials on Thursday reported three deaths among residents not associated ...

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Health department launches billboard campaign to encourage mask wearing, flu vaccination

SALISBURY — Masks have become a fixture of everyday life and now they might be a part of ...

Coronavirus

Rowan County adds 24 new COVID-19 cases; state remains paused in phase three

As the state remains paused in phase three of its COVID-19 reopening plan, new cases in Rowan County ...

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New COVID-19 outbreak emerges at N.C. State Veterans Home, another declared over

SALISBURY — A second COVID-19 outbreak emerged Tuesday at a nursing home in Rowan County as another one ...

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North Carolina unveils plan to deploy coronavirus vaccine

Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a plan Friday in ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: County ends week with four reported deaths; state sees highest one-day increase in cases

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — While cases and hospitalizations across the state surged, Rowan County finished the ...

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State ‘moving in wrong direction’ as COVID-19 cases surge

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s top public health official is warning ...

Coronavirus

County reaches 110 COVID-19 deaths

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — There have now been 110 reported COVID-19 deaths in Rowan County. Thursday’s ...

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