Two more cases of COVID-19 – the 10th and 11th – have been confirmed in Lenoir County. The Lenoir County Health Department received notification of the lab-confirmed cases on Tuesday, April 7. The Lenoir County Health Department is conducting further contact tracing investigations on these two cases. More information will be shared as it becomes available. To protect individual privacy, no further information will be shared. 

The Lenoir County Health Department continues to monitor more than 140 individuals and households across the county. Please understand that monitoring does not indicate a positive COVID-19 test, but that precautions are being taken due to recent travel, the individual is showing symptoms but is untested and self-quarantining or those individuals have been tested and are awaiting those results. The age range of positive COVID-19 cases in Lenoir County has been between 18 and 60 years old. 

“As we enter a critical time of preventing and slowing the spread of COVID-19 and protecting lives and the healthcare system in Lenoir County, we ask that everyone remain at home except for essential business like buying groceries. When you do have to be away from home, please maintain your distance from others and take precautions such as washing your hands often.” - Pamela Brown, Director of the Lenoir County Health Department. 

Chairman Linda Rouse Sutton and the Board of Commissioners continue to encourage everyone in our community to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and to restrict personal travel to only essential needs. All Lenoir County residents play a vital role in reducing the impact of COVID-19 in our community. 

Accurate information about COVID-19 and prevention methods can be found at https://www.cdc.gov or https://www.ncdhhs.gov or by calling 866-462-3821. Having accurate information will assist you in protecting yourself, your family and your community.