77,537 Covid Cases in Mecklenburg County

As of today there were 77,537 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with 697 deaths due to COVID-19 reported among Mecklenburg County residents. Data as of January 17 are presented in more detail below. MCPH provides these routine updates about reported cases of COVID-19 to help our community better understand how this pandemic is developing in our county. These results only reflect laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 among county residents. Many individuals infected by COVID-19 have not been tested because they are asymptomatic. As such, these results are very fluid and only represent a fraction of the true burden of COVID-19 in our community. Daily case counts provided by MCPH may differ from state and federal counts due to delays in reporting to the various entities. MCPH updates case counts after an initial case review and, where possible, a patient interview is conducted, which includes confirming county residency. Cases reported after 5 PM are counted in the following days case count.

The latest data, maps and charts on local COVID-19 are available here on MeckNC.gov. Highlights about the 77,030 COVID-19 cases reported in Mecklenburg County as of January 17, 2021 include:

About 3 in 4 reported cases were adults ages 20 to 59 years old.
About 1 in 20 reported cases were hospitalized due to their COVID-19 infection. While everyone is at risk for severe COVID-19 complications, reported cases who were older adults (≥ 60 years) were more likely to be hospitalized compared to younger individuals. About 8 out of 10 have met CDC criteria to be released from isolation. During the past week, an average of 782 laboratory confirmed infections per day were reported compared to the 14-day average of 841 confirmed infections. The latest data, maps and charts on local COVID-19 are available here on MeckNC.gov.