Craven County has 1,475 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 11:30 a.m. on September 23, 2020. Out of the 1,475 confirmed positive cases, 1,121 of those individuals have recovered, are doing well, and are out of isolation. The recovered cases completed the necessary isolation requirement and have been free of COVID-19 symptoms for at least 24 hours. Of the 1,475 cases, 18 have been related to out of state travel, 254 are from community transmission, 983 are a direct contact with a previously confirmed positive case, 144 are still being investigated, and 76 are unknown. There have been 34 deaths related to COVID-19. Eleven of the active COVID-19 cases are currently hospitalized.  

A thirty-fourth Craven County resident died from complications related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on September 22, 2020. The individual was tested for COVID-19 on September 18, 2020 and resulted positive on September 21, 2020. The death was reported to the Craven County Health Department on September 22, 2020. The individual had underlying health conditions. To protect the family’s privacy, no further information about the individual will be released.

Craven County citizens are encouraged to use reputable sources of information to learn more about COVID-19 cases in Craven County and North Carolina.  Reputable sources of information include the Craven County Health Department and NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) websites.

The Craven County Health Department works with state, commercial, and private labs to track the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Craven County. Health care providers determine which lab they send their COVID-19 tests to.

Craven County will continue to track and post the number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases; however, it is important to recognize there are many people with COVID-19 who will not be included in daily counts of laboratory-confirmed cases, including: 

• People who had minimal or no symptoms and were not tested.
• People who had symptoms but did not seek medical care.
• People who sought medical care but were not tested.
• People with COVID-19 in whom the virus was not detected by testing. 

The number of laboratory-confirmed cases will increasingly provide a limited picture of the spread of infections in Craven County as COVID-19 becomes more widespread and the number of infected people who are not included in the daily counts of laboratory-confirmed cases increases.