COVID-19 Cases Declining Rapidly in North Carolina Long-Term Care Settings
Mar 4, 2021

New COVID-19 cases in North Carolina long-term care facilities have declined rapidly in the last several weeks. Case rates are down over 15-fold in skilled nursing facilities, adult care homes, and other licensed facilities since the peak of transmission in January 2021. Given the rapid decline in new cases, most facilities currently meet the criteria to resume indoor visitation while continuing to follow infection prevention recommendations.