Former North Carolina Lawmaker's Pottery Barn Rant Mocked Online as States Lift Coronavirus Orders
05/23/2020 07:09 pm EDT
On Friday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported the most significant one-day jump in lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state. Another 1,107 people tested positive for the virus. The state has recorded 22,725 total cases so far. It is in the middle of "phase two" of the reopening process, which will allow restaurant capacity to increase to 50 percent, and children's camps can reopen. Bars and gyms are still closed.
Mecklenburg County includes Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city. The county alone has had 3,142 coronavirus cases recorded, reports the Charlotte Observer. On Saturday, there were 200 new cases, the highest total. There were no new deaths reported.
The U.S. has more than 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases, by far the most of any country in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday, more than 96,000 Americans have died, while 350,000 have recovered. More Americans are being tested as well, with the number reaching 12.3 million on Saturday.
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