NC sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations for fourth time this week

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported another record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state with 1,840.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, North Carolina also saw record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

178 new patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The state said 212 people with suspected cases were also admitted.

More than 3,400 new cases in the state were also reported Saturday.

A total of 3,444 new cases were reported on Saturday and the percent positive rate was currently at 7.8%.

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Note: The numbers we show you every day mean everything in how our community recovers from coronavirus -- both in terms of healthcare and the economy -- but they don’t mean much without the proper context and as much transparency as possible.

New cases vary day by day based on a lot of factors. That can include how long it takes to get results back, so a new case reported today can really be several days old.

The other big metric we watch is the percent of positive cases. This is data we can only get from the state because it’s not as simple as factoring a percent of new cases each day from the number of tests. That’s because test results take days and come from a variety of places.

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