30 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Iredell In One Day: ICHD

MOORESVILLE, NC — Iredell County reported 1,179 confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday, an increase of 30 newly confirmed cases since Monday, according to the Iredell County Health Department.

As of Tuesday, 26 people in Iredell County were hospitalized with coronavirus-related illness and 12 county residents had died from the virus.

About 10 percent of all tests in Iredell County were positive, according to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. At least 436 county residents who had tested positive were isolating in their homes, health officials said Tuesday.

State public health officials said Tuesday that the spread of novel coronavirus had grown to 89,484 confirmed cases — 1,956 more cases than reported Monday. The state's COVID-19 death toll also increased to 1,552, an increase of 42 lives lost to the virus since Monday.

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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday afternoon that North Carolina schools will reopen next month with in-person instruction with the implementation of safety protocols, such as social distancing and face coverings for everyone inside school buildings, while also offering families the option for remote learning.

Mooresville schools suspended all co-curricular activities Monday, citing the risks of novel coronavirus, as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the state and community. The decision impacts all of the district's ongoing optional summer activities, such as football workouts, ROTC hikes and band camp, the school district said.

"We have made the decision to suspend optional co-curricular activities (this includes athletics, band, ROTC, etc) effective today," Mooresville Graded School District's said in a statement, via Facebook. "This decision was made due to the increase in COVID-19 cases across the county and state. This decision was not a reaction to a positive test but simply a preventative measure."

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Iredell County health officials are grouping cases into three regions of the county: North, Central and South. Here's a breakdown of where cases have been confirmed as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 14:

North Region (zip codes 27020, 27028, 27055, 28625, 28634, 28636, 28660, 28689 and 28678)

• 272 cases (up from 251 cases reported July 10)

Central Region (zip codes 27013, 28166, 28677)

• 472 cases (up from 418 cases reported July 10)

South Region (zip codes 28036, 28115, 28117, 28125)

• 435 cases (up from 361 cases reported July 10)

The county's COVID-19 case tally as of July 14 included an estimated 705 cases that were assumed recovered, ICHD said.

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