A News & Observer article recognizes that the statewide stay-at-home order and other steps that have been take to keep people physically apart has worked to prevent a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases. However, the virus hasn’t gone away. Shannon Carson, MD, chief of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine says North Carolina is in the midst of a slower, but steady surge of COVID-19 cases.
“We’ve got as many patients here right now as we’ve had, and there’s been a recent significant increase,” said Carson, quoted in the article. “So I believe that hospitals across the state are already feeling the pressure, and it’s going to be more gradual than anticipated, but it’s going to be there nonetheless.”
Read the full article here.