NCDHHS: COVID-19 By The Numbers North Carolina April 5, 2020

Raleigh -- NCDHHS: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services April 5, 2020: COVID-19 Case Count in North Carolina

By the Numbers

Updated daily by 11 a.m. each day. Last updated 11:00 a.m., April 5, 2020. 

Cases   2,585
Deaths      31
Completed Tests  40,045
Currently Hospitalized    261
Number of Counties          89

*Cases reflect cases that were tested and returned positive, including the NC State Laboratory of Public Health and reporting hospital and commercial labs. All data are preliminary. Not all cases of COVID-19 are tested, so this does not represent the total number of people in North Carolina who have or had COVID-19.

*Deaths reflect deaths in persons with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 reported by local health departments to the NC Department of Health and Human Services.

*Completed tests reflect testing completed by the NC State Laboratory of Public Health and reporting hospital and commercial labs.

*Currently hospitalized reflect the number of patients with COVID-19 that are currently hospitalized in reporting hospitals.

For COVID-19 U.S. case information go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. 

Cases By the age                   Deaths

0-17 --  1%                                     0%

18-24 --  9%                                    0%         

25-49 -- 41%                                     6%

50-64 -- 28%                                    10%             

65-- + -- 21%                                    84%