GREENSBORO, N.C. — You will see a lot of different numbers concerning coronavirus cases in North Carolina.
WFMY News 2 wants to be transparent in letting you know we will only be reporting numbers from the NCDHHS, CDC, and local health departments.
The NC Department of Health and Human Services is reporting a total of 5,465
cases and 131 deaths statewide as of Thursday afternoon. Keep scrolling to get a look at the case numbers for Triad counties.
**Some numbers may look different from the NCDHHS map - that's because some cases have been verified by local health departments, but haven't been updated yet on the NCDHHS site.**
Here's a look at the case numbers in the Triad:
Guilford County - 151 cases, 10 deaths
Forsyth County - 122 cases, 5 deaths
Randolph County - 63 cases, 2 deaths
Davie County - 23 cases, 2 deaths
Rockingham County - 16 cases, 2 deaths
Davidson County - 91 cases, 2 deaths
Alamance County - 45 cases
Surry County - 11 cases
Stokes County - 10 cases
Yadkin County - 11 cases, 1 death
Alamance County - 45 cases
Alamance County said in a Facebook post on Monday that its positive case count is 39, lower than the reported 73. The reason for the large discrepancy in their numbers compared to NCDHHS is because of a large batch of LabCorp test results without addresses.
"Because LabCorp is headquartered in Alamance County when they have positive communicable disease test results with no address listed, the results default to Burlington because of the location of LabCorp and are then reported by default to the Alamance County Health Department," the county said.
The county said the health department had notified Labcorp.
FACTS NOT FEAR
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NC CORONAVIRUS HOTLINE
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