Latest North Carolina County Alert Color Map Shows 27 Counties In Red As Trends Move In The Right Direction

On Monday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services updated the county’s COVID-19 alert system.

The latest map shows that 27 counties are currently in the red – a decrease from the 61 red counties in the previous report.

This is the smallest number of red counties in the state since the county alert system began.

“With North Carolinians continuing to track 3Ws and over 1 million people in the state having received at least a first dose of vaccine, we are slowing the spread and saving lives,” said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, MD. it’s rising. “

The update also lists 40 orange counties and 33 yellow counties – the two changes from 33 orange counties and 6 yellow counties on February 4.

NCDHHS said in a press release that while North Carolina’s key metrics remain high, they are moving in a positive direction with a downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases reported each day, people hospitalized for COVID-19, people in intensive care unit and the percentage of positive tests.

Health officials said residents in all counties should continue to limit public interactions to essential activities, avoid congregating with others outside their homes, and continue to join 3Ws.

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Red and Orange Counties Must Do Even More to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 in Their Communities; these counties are strongly recommended to go further and build on the current requirements outlined in the county alert system.

The COVID-19 County Alert System uses the rates of COVID-19 cases, the percentage of positive tests and the impact of the hospital in the county to rank counties into the following levels:
Yellow: significant spread of the community
Orange: a significant spread of the community
Red: spread of critical community