Note: These figures were compiled by Dr. Reva Ballew using data from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
March 3: First case of COVID-NC in North Carolina. This person was in Wake County but had traveled from a long-term care facility in Washington that had an outbreak with 35 deaths. The facility was near where “patient zero” was being isolated. “Patient Zero”, a 35-year-old, had just returned to Seattle, Wash. on Jan. 15 from visiting family in Wuhan, China.
March 6: 2 cases, increase of 1
March 9: 5 cases, increase of 3
March 11: 8 cases, increase of 3
March 12: 15 cases, increase of 7
March 14: 23 cases, increase of 8
March 15: 32 cases, increase of 9
March 16: 33 cases, increase of 1
March 17: 40 cases, increase of 7
March 18: 63 cases, increase of 23
March 19: 97 cases, increase of 34, 27 counties, first case of community spread documented in Mecklenburg County
March 20: 137 cases, increase of 40
March 21: 184 cases, increase of 47
March 22: 255 cases, increase of 71
March 23: 297 cases, increase of 42, 48 counties, first case in Jackson County as person traveled there
March 24: 398 cases, increase of 101
March 25: 504 cases, increase of 106, first N.C. death reported
March 26: 636 cases, increase of 132
