​Data for August 18, 2021

Mecklenburg County, NC – As of this morning there were 129,703 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with 1,024 deaths due to COVID-19 reported among Mecklenburg County residents.

Data as of August 18 are presented in more detail below. MCPH provides these routine updates about reported cases of COVID-19 to help our community better understand how this pandemic is developing in our county. These results only reflect laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 among county residents. Many individuals infected by COVID-19 have not been tested because they are asymptomatic. As such, these results are very fluid and only represent a fraction of the true burden of COVID-19 in our community.

Daily case counts provided by MCPH may differ from state and federal counts due to delays in reporting to the various entities. MCPH updates case counts after an initial case review and, where possible, a patient interview is conducted, which includes confirming county residency. Cases reported after 5 p.m. are counted in the following days case count.

Highlights about the 128,892 COVID-19 cases reported in Mecklenburg County as of August 18, 2021 include:

• During the past week, an average of 528 laboratory confirmed infections per day were reported compared to the 14-day average of 500 confirmed infections. This represents an increase over the last 14 days. These data are based on Mecklenburg resident cases reported to MCPH.

• During the past week, an average of 368 individuals with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infections were hospitalized at acute care facilities in Mecklenburg County. This represents an increase trend over the last 14 days. These data are based on daily census counts from acute care facilities in Mecklenburg County reporting to MCPH.
  
  

• During the past week, an average of 13.2 percent of individuals who were tested in Mecklenburg County were positive for COVID-19. This represents a slight increase trend over the last 14 days. These data only include ELRs for molecular (PCR) tests submitted to NC DHHS for laboratories electronically submitting negative and positive COVID-19 results. 
  
  

• One thousand- twenty-one deaths due to COVID-19 occurred among reported cases.
• Almost all deaths were among older adults (≥ 60 years), 17 deaths occurred in adults ages 20 to 39 and 138 deaths were adults ages 40 to 59.
• All deaths, except twenty-seven, occurred among adults with underlying chronic illnesses.
• Almost half were non-Hispanic Whites. The disparity in COVID-19 deaths among non-Hispanic Whites is related to differences in race/ethnicity of residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities actively experiencing an outbreak.
• Nearly 40 percent of deaths were connected to active outbreaks at long-term care (LTC) facilities.
• Among deaths not connected to outbreaks at long-term care facilities, nearly 2 in 3 were non-White, with 40 percent being non-Hispanic Black. As previously noted, these disparities are largely driven by higher rates of underlying chronic conditions that increase risk of severe complications due to COVID-19 infection among these communities.
  
  

• Between March 22, 2021 and August 18, 2021, MPCH received and confirmed reports of 432 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated residents (<1% of fully vaccinated residents). This does not represent all breakthrough cases, as these are based on self-report during case investigations following COVID-19 diagnosis. Vaccination status is confirmed using the NC COVID-19 Vaccination Management System (CVMS).
  

More data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Mecklenburg County 
as of August 18, 2021:

Daily Percent Positive of Laboratory COVID-19 Tests^{1
(as of  August 18, 2021)}

 

COVID-19 Case Rate per 100,000 Residents
based on cases reported to MCPH by Date

COVID-19 Percent Positivity Rates (7-Day Average)

Select Characteristics of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Reported to MCPH 

Cumulative and 14-Day Counts

	Selected Characteristics	Total Covid Deaths    Total = 1,021	COVID Deaths Past 14-Days (August 5 - 18, 2021)   Total= 21
All Cases ​		% of Total Deaths	% of Deaths Past 14 days
Age ​ ​ ​	<20	<1.0%	--
	20-39	1.7%	--
	40-59	13.5%	33.3%
	≥ 60	84.7%	66.7%
Sex ​	Female	48.6%	47.6%
	Male	51.4%	52.4%
Race/Ethnicity ​ ​ ​ ​ ​	White*	44.9%	33.3%
	Black*	38.4%	52.4%
	Hispanic	12.7%	4.8%
	Asian*	2.7%	4.8%
	Alaskan Native/American Indian*	<1.0%	--
	Multi-Racial/Other*	<1.0%	4.8%
	Unknown	<1.0%	--

 
*Non-Hispanic

 

Daily COVID-19 Testing³ (as of August 18, 2021)

Daily Hospital Census of Patients with Laboratory Confirmed COVID-19⁵ 

(as of August 18, 2021)

^{COVID-19 Vaccination Data, Mecklenburg County:} 

^{December 14, 2020 – August 19, 2021
(based on data submitted to NC DHHS by NC Providers and Federal Pharmacy Programs)}

For more information about COVID-19 Vaccinations visit https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/vaccinations

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Demographics of Mecklenburg Residents With At Least One Vaccine Dose
(based on all Vaccination Programs administering doses to Mecklenburg Residents)

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COVID-19 Cases Reported to MCPH in the Past 14 Days 

(August 5 -18, 2021)

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Profile of Newly Reported Cases in the Past 2 Weeks 

(August 5 – 18, 2021)

COVID-19 Cases Reported to MCPH by Zip Code of Patient's Residence
Past 14 Days (August 5 - 18, 2021)

COVID-19 Cases per 100,000 Reported to MCPH by Zip Code of Patient's Residence
Past 14 Days (August 5 - 18, 2021)