Brunswick County Coronavirus Update (May 6, 2020)

Key Points Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 138 Tuesday to modify North Carolina’s Stay At Home order and transition to Phase 1 of slowly easing certain COVID-19 restrictions effective Friday, May 8 at 5 p.m. Read the full press release here. More information and guidance for businesses about Phase 1 is available on the NCDHHS website. As of…

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Brunswick County Coronavirus Update (May 1, 2020)

Key Points As of May 1, there are 47 positive cases of COVID-19, 66 pending test results and 1,371 confirmed negative test results, totaling 1,484 tests administered so far among county residents. Of the positive cases, 34 are considered recovered cases, 11 are currently isolating at seven different homes and two are deaths associated to…

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Brunswick County Coronavirus Update (April 30, 2020)

Key Points Governor Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen provided a status update on how the state is doing in testing, tracing and other trends related to COVID-19 in the past week; the state still needs to improve in the trajectory or COVID-like syndromic cases and new lab-confirmed cases, but is seeing positive indicators…

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Brunswick County Coronavirus Update (April 26, 2020)

Key Points As of April 26, there are 40 positive cases of COVID-19 among county residents. Of the positive cases, 31 are considered recovered cases, seven are currently isolating at home and two are deaths associated to COVID-19. There are eight cases involving non-residents testing positive for COVID-19 while visiting Brunswick County. Five are considered…

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Brunswick County Coronavirus Update (April 17, 2020)

Key Points As of April 17, there are 36 positive cases of COVID-19, 35 pending test results and 944 confirmed negative test results, totaling 1,015 tests administered so far among Brunswick County residents. Of the 36 positive cases, 18 are male and 18 are female; 29 are considered recovered cases, five are currently isolating at…

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Brunswick County Coronavirus Update (April 14, 2020)

Key Points Brunswick County continues to encourage residents to take proactive measures to stay home as much as possible and social distance the next two weeks. As of April 14, there are 35 positive cases of COVID-19, 28 pending test results and 897 confirmed negative test results, totaling 960 tests administered so far among Brunswick…

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Brunswick County Coronavirus Update (April 8, 2020)

Key Points As of April 8, there are 29 positive cases of COVID-19, 87 pending test results and 734 confirmed negative test results, totaling 850 tests administered so far. Of the 29 positive cases, 16 are male and 13 are female; 18 are considered recovered cases and one is a death associated to COVID-19. Do…

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From NCDHHS: Families to Receive Enhanced Benefits to Ensure Food Access

To help families access food during the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is temporarily increasing benefits for March 2020 and April 2020 to current Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) recipients in North Carolina. NCDHHS received federal authority to implement the program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on March…

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