Sustained Leveling or Decreased Trajectory in COVID-Like Illness (CLI) Surveillance Over 14 Days
Plain English: Fewer people showing COVID like illnesses overall.
NC: Slight Increase
VERDICT: PASS
Sustained Leveling or
Decreased Trajectory of Lab-Confirmed Cases Over 14 Days
Plain English: Lower total number of lab tests coming back positive.
NC: Level
VERDICT: PASS
Sustained Leveling or Decreased Trajectory in Percent of Tests
Returning Positive Over 14 Days
Plain English: Lower % of people tested coming
back positive for active COVID.
NC: Level
VERDICT: PASS
Sustained Leveling or Decreased Trajectory in Hospitalizations
Over 14 Days
Plain English: Lower number of people needing
to be hospitalized for COVID infections.
NC: Leveling Off
VERDICT: PASS
Increase in Laboratory Testing
Plain English: Increase testing rate and capacity to 5-7K tests per day.
State average is nearing 8K per day.
VERDICT: PASS
Increase in Tracing Capability
Plain English: Employ at least 500 Tracers at health departments around the state.
The state continues hiring contact tracers to bolster the efforts of local health departments.
VERDICT: PASS
Availability of Personal
Protective Equipment
Plain English: Does North Carolina have supply on hand to fill requests for at least 30 days?
Supply chains continue to improve.
VERDICT: PASS
Summary:
NC Continues to work towards its targets and the CharMeck region has been an active participant in trying to meet the metrics.