Another Dare County resident has died as a result of COVID-19, according to today’s dashboard of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, which makes no mention of the death in its now-daily reporting of new cases.
The dashboard shows that seven residents are currently hospitalized because of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus—a total that has held steady recently and is greater than at any other time in Dare County before the emergence of the Delta variant.
UPDATE: As of 8/26/21, there are eight Dare County residents hospitalized.
Since March 2020, 16 local residents have died from COVID-19, according to the DCDHHS.
The Beacon, 8/25/21
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