From Lenoir County:

An eighth & ninth case of COVID-19 were confirmed in Lenoir County. The Lenoir County Health Department received notification of the lab-confirmed cases over the weekend and on Monday, April 6. The eighth case is related to the individual being in contact with someone who traveled outside of the State. The ninth case was an individual who came in contact with someone who was positive for COVID-19. To protect individual privacy; no further information will be shared.

The Lenoir County Health Department continues to monitor over 140 individuals and households across the County. Please understand that monitoring does not indicate a positive COVID-19 test, but that precautions are being taken due to recent travel, the individual is showing symptoms but is untested and self-quarantining or those individuals have been tested and are awaiting those results. The age range of positive COVID-19 cases in Lenoir County has been between 18 and 60 years old.

“As we enter a critical time of preventing and slowing the spread of COVID-19 and protecting lives and the healthcare system in Lenoir County, I ask that everyone remain at home except for essential business like buying groceries. When you do have to be away from home, please maintain your distance from others and take precautions such as washing your hands often. As you are shopping for yourself, pick up items for a friend, family member, or neighbor that might be in a high-risk category and deliver them to their front porch.” - Pamela Brown, Director of the Lenoir County Health Department.

As the Nation, State and County realize a continued increase in lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, we want to reassure the public that Lenoir County Government is doing everything we can within our authority to educate and inform the public as we navigate this unprecedented event.

ORIGINAL:

From Lenoir County Health Department:

Two additional cases of COVID-19/Coronavirus reported in Lenoir County over the weekend; the county now has nine cases.

While there have been nine confirmed cases of COVID-19/Coronavirus in the county, two have recovered. A total of 143 individuals are being monitored in Lenoir County. A total of 109 COVID-19/Coronavirus tests have come back negative in the county.

More details to be released soon.