Coronavirus impact in North Carolina: Latest information and helpful resources -Salem

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THE LATEST ON HER CONDITION, NEXT. FIRST THING, HAPPENING NOW THERE , ARE MORE THAN 14,000 CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN NORTH CAROLINA. MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE DISEASE. ONE OF THOSE NEWLY REPORTED DEATHS WAS HERE IN THE TRIAD RANDOLPH COUNTY REPORTED ITS SIXTH CORONAVIRUS RELATED DEATH YESTERDAY. HEALTH LEADERS SAY THAT PERSON HAD OTHER HEALTH ISSUE THE TRIAD HAS SURPASSED 2200 CASES OF COVID-19. THE MOST HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN GUILFORD COUNTY WHERE NEARLY 600 PEOPLE ARE INFECTE ALSO, A REMINDER, NORTH CAROLINA IS IN PHASE ONE OF THE REOPENING PROCESS. THE PHASE WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. UNDER THIS PHASE, THE STAY AT HOME ORDER IS STILL IN PLACE. STILL HAVE TO LIMIT GATHERINGS TO TEN PEOPLE. BUT, SOME MORE BUSINESSES, LIKE MALLS, ARE REOPENED. MANY HAVE MODIFIED HOURS. IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO OUT TO SHOP STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE , URGING YOU TO WEAR SOME KIND OF FACE COVERING. ALSO, STAY AT LEAST SIX FEET APART FROM OTHERS. UNDER PHASE ONE, WORSHIP SERVICES IN NORTH CAROLINA MAY CONTINUE, AS LONG AS THEY TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE AND FOLLOW SOCIAL DISTANCE REGULATIONS. TODAY, MEREDITH STUTZ WENT TO LEXINGTON TO SEE HOW ONE CHURCH IS ADAPTIN TAKE A LOOK.>> FROM THE PEW TO THE PARKING LOT AS A WAY TO CONNECT, HIG ROCK CHURCH IN LEXINGTON DECIDED TO USE MOTHER’S DAY TO KICK OFF A NEW NORMAL OF DRIVE-IN CHURCH. MEMBERS WERE HANDED THIS PACKET FULL OF INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH EVEN INCLUDED IAN AMEN CARD. VOLUNTEERS IN VESTS AND MASKS PACKED CARS IN WHILE KEEPING WITH STATE REGULATIONS.>> HOW ARE WE DOING THIS MORNING?>> IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH SINCE THEY HAVE GATHERED AS ONE, EVEN IF FROM A DIFFERENT — FROM A DISTANCE, TO CELEBRATE THE CHOIR OF CARS REJOICED. JULIE RISHEL WORKS AT A GROCERY STORE. EVEN IN A PANDEMIC, THE STRESSES OF THE JOB COULDN’T MATCH HER JOY OR KEEP HER FROM COMING TODAY.>> WE ENJOY COMING TO CHURCH. WE MISSED IT. I MISSED THE LAST SIX WEEKS OF IT. AND IT’S JUST WONDERFUL TO BE WITH THEM AGAIN.>> THE CHURCH BUILT A STAGE SO PEOPLE LIKE RISHEL COULD WORSHIP AND LISTEN TO THE SERMON WITHOUT LEAVING THEIR CARS. EVERYONE WE TALKED TO SAID THIS BEATS ANOTHER WEEK OF CHURCH ONLINE OR APART.>> ALL THE STAFF HAD A LIST OF CALLING PEOPLE BUT SEEING THEM , AGAIN JUST REMINDS US JUST HOW EXCITING IT IS ON SUNDAY TO BE GATHERED AND BE BACK INSIDE OUR CHURCH BUILDING OR IN THIS CASE, TO BE BACK OUTSIDE.>> HIGH ROCK PLANS TO BE BACK HERE IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT SUNDAY MORNING AT 10:0 BRANDON: STARTING TOMORROW, PASSENGERS ON HIGH POINT TRANSIT BUSES WILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS. THE CITY SAYS THE MASK MUST COVER THE NOSE AND MOUTH. PASSENGERS WITHOUT A FACE COVERING WILL BE GIVEN A DISPOSABLE MASK. RIGHT NOW, HIGH POINT TRANSIT IS OPERATING FARE-FREE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. BUT PEOPLE MUST HAVE AN ESSENTIAL REASON FOR RIDING. THE COVID-19 CRISIS CONTINUES TO HIT THE WHITE HOUSE. THREE MEMBERS OF THE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE ARE IN QUARANTINE AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO THE DISEASE. OFFICIALS EXPECT NEXT MONTH UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS TO BE WORSE THAN APRIL’S HISTORIC RATES.>> THREE MEMBERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE A UNDER SELF-QUARANTINE AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO COVID-19. THE CDC DIRECTOR, FDA HEAD DR. STEPHEN HAHN AND TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE DIRECTOR, ANTHONY FAUCI.>> WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE RIDING THIS. WE ARE NOT DIRECTING IT.>> ALL THREE WILL TESTIFY BEFORE A SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE. COVID-19 GETTING INTO THE WEST WEEK AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT’S PRESS SECRETARY AND A VALET SERVING PRESIDENT TRUMP HIS MEALS TESTED POSITIVE. MILLER HAD BEEN CLEARED ONE DAY BEFORE. TH PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND OTHERS ARE BEING SCREENED DAILY.>> YOU CAN TEST NEGATIVE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS>> MEANWHILE, AFTER APRIL’S NUMBERS, WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS PREDICT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WILL RISE TO 20% IN MAY. THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR ANOTHER ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL.>> IF WE NEED TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN WORKER, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. HAVING SPENT $3 TRILLION, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FEW WEEKS.>> NEW OUTBREAKS ARE EMERGING. ONE AFTER A PARTY IN CALIFORNIA IN VIOLATION OF STATE RULES. IN A CALIFORNIA, BEACHES ARE PACKED. TOUGH DECISIONS AS SOME ABANDON SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES. BRANDON: YOU CAN FIND CORONAVIRUS RELATED RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE INCLUDING A COUNTY BY COUNTY MAP OF