Special Coverage: Coronavirus

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina health officials reported that 2,243 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.To date, there have been 2,592,991 confirmed cases since the first case … [Read more...] about NC’s COVID-19 percent-positivity rate below 6%, continuing decline

CAPE FEAR REGION, N.C. (WECT) - In alignment with a recent change in guidelines by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pender, Bladen, and New Hanover County school districts have … [Read more...] about Per CDC guidelines, school districts drop mask mandates on school buses

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) ― The COVID-19 vaccine push in North Carolina and across the country appears to have hit rock bottom.And as rules for masks and other mitigation measures have been lifted, the … [Read more...] about Has the COVID vaccine drive hit rock bottom?

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The UNCW health and leadership team decided Friday, it would ease on-campus pandemic protocols effective March 7.From that date (the first day of spring break) onward, face … [Read more...] about UNCW to ease pandemic protocols

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The number of daily new cases in North Carolina has dropped to the lowest number since Thanksgiving weekend.The state Department of Health and Human Services reported just 1,716 … [Read more...] about New COVID-19 cases lowest since Thanksgiving weekend

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Governor Roy Cooper is encouraging school systems and local governments to drop their mask mandates.“We ended North Carolina’s statewide mask mandate last spring and have relied … [Read more...] about Cooper encourages schools, local governments to end mask mandates

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Board of Education voted Wednesday to end the district’s mask requirement for students, teachers, and staff beginning on Friday.“It’s always about the … [Read more...] about Parents react after New Hanover County school board votes to lift mask mandate

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to shift the district to masks optional.Masks will still be required in Head Start classrooms and on … [Read more...] about New Hanover County School Board votes to shift district to masks optional

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - With positivity rates heading in the right direction, health officials say it’s not quite time to let off the brakes.New Hanover County has a positivity rate of 21.1% while … [Read more...] about NHC COVID positivity rate dropping, still higher than state’s percentage

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit was updated by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Thursday to eliminate contract tracing and update … [Read more...] about N.C. health leaders update quarantine and contact tracing guidance for K-12 schools