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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of local residents for most of 2020 and likely will affect their lives well into 2021.
Because of the Christmas holiday, it has been nearly a week since local health departments have reported updated COVID-19 case numbers, and the virus has claimed the lives of six Twin Counties residents during the interim.
The Nash County Health Department received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine this week just in time for Christmas.
State and federal health officials are reminding residents to act responsibly over the Christmas holidays to help limit the surge of COVID-19 cases.
The good news is that the COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at Nash UNC Health Care; the bad news is that it came too late for the 249 Twin Counties residents who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since Wednesday.
Nash Correctional Institute has the dubious honor of having more active cases of COVID-19 than any other prison facility in the state.
Covid-19 links and resources
- City of Rocky Mount
- Nash County
- Edgecombe County
- Nash County Public Schools
- Edgecombe County Public Schools
- Nash UNC Health Care
- Vidant Edgecombe Hospital
- N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
- Down East Partnership for Children
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- United Way Tar River Region
