NC DHHS COVID-19 By the Numbers August 23, 2020 Total Cases Over 155,000

North Carolina -- NC Department of Health and Human Services: Knowing when to dial up or down measures that slow the spread of the virus depends on North Carolina’s testing, tracing and trends. This dashboard provides an overview on the metrics and capacities that the state is following.

On Aug. 12, 2020, NCDHHS announced corrections to the state’s daily and cumulative completed COVID-19 test counts after discovering a discrepancy in testing data that had been submitted by LabCorp. 

Last Updated Aug. 23, 2020 @ 12:05 pm

Total Deaths ..............................2,531              .......................................................................................................Deaths                                               

Lab Confirmed cases ..................155,113      

CompletedTests  ........................ 2,052,118                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Current Hospitalized..................... 898 (94% reporting)

Nursing Homes.............................8,456........................................................1,010

Residential Care ............................2,819......................................................... 229

Correctional Facility ......................2,855............................................................38

Other ........................................1042...................................................................8

Not Living/Working in/....................86,901...........................................................821

Congregate Setting 

Missing  .................................... 51,568..........................................................415

Interactive Site

https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard