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12 NEWS. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. THERE ARE SIX NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TONIGHT AT LEAST AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED REPORTE CASES THROUGHOUT NORTH CAROLINA THREE OF THOSE NUTRIENT CASES ARE IN FORSYTH COUNTY ALONE. THERE ARE ALSO TWO NEW CASES IN GUILFORD COUNTY BRINGING THE TOTAL. THERE ARE TWO THREE DAVIDSON COUNTY TONIGHT IS ALSO REPORTING ITS FIRST CASE THERE ARE NOW A TOTAL OF 9 HERE LOCALLY AND THERE ARE AT LEAST A NINETEEN CONFIRMED STATEWIDE HEALTH REPORTED 97 CASES WHEN WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING. THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP SINCE THEN ONE OF THOSE CASES IS IN THE STATE’S FIRST COMMUNITY SPREAD CASE THAT PERSON LIVES IN WILSON COUNTY. HERE’S WHAT THE TERM COMMUNITY SPREAD MEANS. WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE CASE WHERE WE DON’T KNOW HOW SOMEONE CONTRACTED CODED 19. THEY DIDN’T HAVE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO TESTED POSITIVE. POSITIVE FOR KOVIN 19 OR THEY DIDN’T TRAVEL TO A HIGHLY IMPACTED AREA. DR. ANDY COHEN SAYS THE STATE DID PREPARE FOR THIS. SHE SAYS THIS CONFIRMED CASE MOVES THE STATE’S INTO THE MITIGATION PHASE WHEN REDUCING PEOPLE’S EXPOSURE BECOMES EVEN MORE CRITICAL THAN IT WAS PRIOR. THERE ARE FIVE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD THREE IN FORSYTH COUNTY AS WE MENTIONED WE ENGINEER SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY’S PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR EARLIER TODAY, LEANNE. GOOD EVENING. WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU? FORSYTH COUNTY HAS SEEN A FIVE CASES OF PRESUMED POSITIVE COVET 19 IN THE HELP TO PROTECT OURSELVES TODAY THAT ONE PERSON HAS RECOVERED. HE SHARED AN UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE FOURTH FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING. HE SPOKE TO A PRETTY FULL HOUSE, OF COURSE OBSERVING THOSE DISTANCE SUGGESTIONS INSIDE THE MEETING. HE MENTIONED THA THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS PUT A PERSON IN PLACE WHO’S THE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THESE I’M TARA LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT PERSON IS FACILITATING QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS. WE ALSO WERE REMINDED THAT THERE IS A KOVAC 19 HOTLINE. THAT FOLKS CAN CALL WITH THEIR QUESTIONS OVERALL. HE SAID HE’S REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HE’S SEEING IS PEOPLE OBSERVE THE GUIDELINES AND THE SUGGESTIONS TO HELP TRY TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE AND TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HAD TO SAY. YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS INTO CAMPS PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER REACTING WITH ANXIETY WHEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PROBABLY UNDER REACTING AND WE WERE WANTING PEOPLE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE WHICH IS TO BE PROACTIVE TAKE MEASURED RESPONSE AND TAKE PRACTICE THOSE BASIC BASIC PRACTICES THAT WE’VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE TO DO AS FAR AS THE GOOD HAND HYGIENE AND THE STAYING THEY’RE SICK. SO SOME GOOD TIPS THERE SWIFT SAYS THAT IF YOU THINK THAT PERHAPS YOU’VE COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD BE A CARRIER OF THE VIRUS. HE SAY GO AHEAD AND SELF-QUARANTINE. KEEP YOURSELF AWAY FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND PRACTICE THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING AS WELL AS MONITOR FOR SYMPTOMS. THAT’S THE COUGH FEVER OR THAT TROUBLE BREATHING. HE SAYS MONITOR FOR YOUR SYMPTOMS AND IF ANYTHING ARISES CALL YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WINSTON-SALEM LEANNE TENURE WXII 12 NEWS. GOOD INFORMATION LEE ANNE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE ARE FOUR OTHER CONFIRMED COVET 19 CASES AS OF TONIGHT IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND TODAY WE LEARNED ABOUT TWO NEW ONES IN GUILFORD COUNTY AS WELL AS THE FIRST IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE HEALTH DIRECTOR SAYS THE PERSON AND DAVIDSON TRAVELED OUTSIDE OF NORTH CAROLINA, BUT SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES THE GUILFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS ONE OF THE CASES INVOLVED A PERSON WHO RECENTLY TRAVELED TO FLORIDA WITH FAMILY THE O

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