​Data for August 9

Mecklenburg County, NC – As of 9 a.m. on August 11, 2020 there were 22,342 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with 240 deaths due to COVID-19 reported among Mecklenburg County residents. Data from Sunday, August 9 are presented below.
 
As of August 9, 2020, there were 22,138 cases and 239 deaths due to COVID-19 among county residents were reported to Mecklenburg County Public Health (MCPH).

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 epidemiology of COVID-19 in Mecklenburg County as of August 9, 2020 include:

• About 3 in 4 reported cases were adults ages 20 to 59 years old.
  
  

• About 3 in 10 reported cases are Hispanic – most of whom are younger adults. The high number of reported cases among young Hispanics over the last several weeks remains a significant concern. As previously noted, some factors influencing this trend include:
• Targeted testing occurring in neighborhoods with lower access to care, some of which have larger Hispanic populations;
• Higher proportions of Hispanics working in essential jobs that make social distancing difficult;
• Significant household spread among large families; and
• Pre-existing disparities in other social and economic determinants of health, like poverty.

 
MCPH continues to expand outreach to Hispanic members of our community, including increased dissemination of the outreach toolkit in Spanish for community partners, setting up targeted outreach to Hispanic owned- and serving-businesses, and partnering with local organizations and media outlets to spread key prevention messages. 

• About 1 in 20 reported cases were hospitalized due to their COVID-19 infection. While everyone is at risk for severe COVID-19 complications, reported cases who were older adults (≥ 60 years) were more likely to be hospitalized compared to younger individuals.
  
  

• Nearly 3 out of 4 have met CDC criteria to be released from isolation.
  
  

• During the past week, an average of 170 individuals with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infections were hospitalized at acute care facilities in Mecklenburg County.  Overall this represents a slight decrease 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 7.5 percent of individuals who were tested were positive for COVID-19. This represents a slight decrease over the last 14 days. These data only include tests conducted by Atrium Health, Novant Health, CVS Health and Walgreens when available. Reporting of negative results to MCPH is not required or covered by communicable disease reporting laws. MCPH will include results from other providers and laboratories as accurate, consistent and timely reporting mechanisms are established.
  
  

• Two hundred-thirty-nine deaths due to COVID-19 occurred among reported cases.
• Almost all deaths were among older adults (≥ 60 years), 4 deaths occurred in adults ages 20 to 39 and 31 deaths were adults ages 40 to 59.
• All deaths, except three, occurred among adults with underlying chronic illnesses.
• More than 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.
• More than half 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 3 in 4 were non-White, with more than 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.
  
  

• Based on publicly available mobility tracking data, social distancing slightly increased then slightly decreased in Mecklenburg County over the last 14 days. Overall, this represents a fairly stable trend over the last 14 days.

Congregate Living Settings with Active COVID-19 Outbreaks (as of August 9, 2020) 

• Accordius Health
  5939 Reddman Road., Charlotte, NC 28212
  
• Accordius-Midwood
  2727 Shamrock Dr, Charlotte, NC 28205
  
• Asbury/Aldersgate
  3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215
• Bon Rea Group Home
  3747 Bon Rea Drive, Charlotte, NC, 28266
  
• Brookdale Charlotte East
  6053 Wilora Lake Rd, Charlotte, NC 28212 
  
• Browne Group Home
  8205 Browne Drive, Charlotte, NC 28269
• Building Blocks Learning Center
  8631 Pineville-Matthews Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
  
• Charlotte Health and Rehab
  1735 Toddville, Charlotte, NC 28214
• Charlotte Assisted Living/Memory Care
  9120 Willow Ridge Road Charlotte, NC 28210
  
• Charlotte Square
  5820 Carmel Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
• Clear Creek Nursing and Rehab
  10506 Clear Crk Com. Dr, Mint Hill, NC 28227
• Cypress Independent Living
  3600 Marching Duck Dr., Charlotte, NC 28210
• Cypress Memory Care
  3442 Cypress Club Dr., Charlotte, NC 28210
  
• Elmcroft Assisted Living
  7745 Little Ave, Charlotte, NC 28226
• Freedom House
  5911 Freedom Drive Charlotte NC 28241
  
• Huntersville Oaks
  10219 Verhoeff Dr., Huntersville 28078
• Huntersville Health and Rehab
  13835 Boren St, Huntersville, NC 28078
• Hunter Woods Nursing Home and Rehab
  620 Tom Hunter Road, Charlotte, NC 28213
• Kindercare
  1700 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207
• Little Tots Preschool
  2008 Windlock Drive Charlotte, NC 28270
  
• Mecklenburg County Detention Center
• Mecklenburg Health and Rehab
  2415 Sandy Porter Rd, Charlotte, NC 28273
• Miller Group Home
  8812 Nations Fd Road, Charlotte, NC 28217
• Olde Knox Commons
  13825 Hunton Lane, Huntersville, NC 28078
  
• Pelican Health at Randolph
  4801 Randolph Road Charlotte, NC 28211
• Pelican Health
  2616 East 5th Street Charlotte, NC 28204
  
• Plantation Estates
  733 Plantation Est. Dr Matthews, NC 28105
  
• The Sanctuary at Stone Haven
  6001 Bismark Place Charlotte, NC 28211
  
• Sardis Oaks
  5151 Sardis Oaks, Charlotte, NC 28270          
• Sharon Towers
  5100 Sharon Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210
  
• Southminster
  8919 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210
• St. Johns Group Home
  2220 St Johns Church Rd, Charlotte, NC 28215
  
• Sunrise on Providence LTCF
  5114 Providence Rd. Charlotte, NC 28226 
• University Place Nurse & Rehab
  9200 Glenwater Drive Charlotte, NC 28262
• White Oak
  4009 Craig Ave., Charlotte, NC 28211
• Williams Place independent Living
  825 Peninsula Drive, Davidson, NC 28036

Distribution of COVID-19 Cases Reported to MCPH by Zip Code of Patient’s Residence (as of August 9, 2020)