Lenoir County reports Covid-19 death with no underlying health conditions

This is the first Lenoir County COVID-19 fatality with no underlying health conditions.

Lenoir County COVID-19 daily update for Monday, Aug. 31

* N.C. confirmed cases: 167,313 (+4,822 or +3 percent since Friday)

* N.C. deaths: 2,702 (+50 or +1.9 percent since Friday)

* Lenoir County confirmed cases: 796 (+26 or +3.4 percent since Friday)

* Lenoir County recoveries: 596 (+12 or +0.3 percent since Friday)

* Lenoir County deaths: 19 (+1 or +5.6 percent since Friday)

* Lenoir County active cases: 181 (+13 or +7.7 percent since Friday)

* Lenoir County tested: 11,956 (+371 or +3.2 percent since Friday)

* Percent of Lenoir County residents tested who are positive: 6.7 (+0.1 percent since Friday)

* Lenoir County negative tests: 9,647 (+27 or +0.3 percent since Friday)

* Lenoir County pending tests: 1,513

* Demographic age range for confirmed cases: 1-95

Notes: The state of North Carolina is identifying congregant living settings where ongoing outbreaks are located. The report is released every Tuesday and Friday. Here is the link to the latest report: https://files.nc.gov/ncdhhs/documents/files/covid-19/Weekly-COVID19-Ongoing-Outbreaks.pdf … You may also view case locations broken down by zip code by also going to the aforementioned URL