Coronavirus in the Triad:
Feb. 25-March 3, 2021
would say it gets easier over the years, but that doesn’t quite ring true. I think we get better, that we more fully inhabit our roles, adapt to them like a really good pair of raw-denim jeans that you wear every day. I know I’ve gotten better. I have new skills, new workflow, an ever-growing network and all the bonuses that come with more time on the road. Here’s what never changes: How proud I am of the stories we’ve been able to publish these last seven years; the privilege of working with the best reporters I’ve been able to convince to write here; the honor I feel as a contributing member of the Triad media, which I suppose is something I’ve been for more than 20 years now. Here’s something you might not know: Twenty years is not as long as it sounds, not when it’s spent on a career you love, in an industry you believe in, with people you respect. Seven years… well that’s nothing at all, an eyeblink for an old newsroom lifer like me. Seven years is when you start to get lucky. And after seven years, I’m no longer going to say that I didn’t know we were going to make it this far. Because on some level, I did.
(As of Wednesday, Feb. 24, compared to last week) Documented COVID-19 diagnoses NC 849,630 (+20,123) Forsyth 31,417 (+673) Guilford County
38,462 (+744)
COVID-19 deaths
NC
11,074 (+404)
Forsyth
340 (+17)
Guilford
513 (+25)
Documented recoveries NC Forsyth
795,521 (+30,065)
26,599 (as of 2/13, no new data)
Guilford
35,726 (+2,455)
Current cases
C E L E B R AT E S 7 YEARS THANKS FOR READING!
Est. Feb. 2014
NC
43,035 (-10,346)
Forsyth
*no data*
Guilford
2,222 (-1,736)
Hospitalizations (right now) NC
1,530 (-424)
Forsyth
*no data*
Guilford
79 (-47)
Vaccinations NC First Dose
1,252,422 (+84,086)
Fully vaccinated
730,843 (7%) (+185,364)
Forsyth First Dose
46,946 (+2,826)
Fully vaccinated
29,233 (+5,108)
Guilford First dose
58,381 (+6,917)
Fully vaccinated
29,777 (+3,066)
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