Craven County has 1,056 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 11:30 a.m. on August 31, 2020. Of the newest cases, 14 additional cases were confirmed in the afternoon on August 28, 2020, 56 on August 29, 2020, five on August 30, 2020 and 10 today. Out of the 1,056 confirmed positive cases, 836 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 1,056 cases, 15 have been related to out of state travel, 199 are from community transmission, 754 are a direct contact with a previously confirmed positive case, and 88 are still being investigated.  There is an ongoing outbreak at Craven Correctional Facility. Of the newest cases reported today, 49 are from this outbreak. There have been 27 deaths related to COVID-19. Four of the active COVID-19 cases are currently hospitalized.  

A twenty-seventh Craven County resident died from complications related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on August 30, 2020. The individual was tested for COVID-19 on August 11, 2020 and resulted positive on August 12, 2020. The death was reported to the Craven County Health Department on August 31, 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.