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Actualización del Condado de Buncombe el dia 23 de diciembre 2020 sobre COVID-19
A
December
23rd
community
update
my
name
is
stage
and
world
and
I
am
a
public
information
officer
for
the
emergency
operations
center.
Our
courses
today
include
stacey
sanders
director
of
public
health
for
polk
com,
braun,
county
and
newman
chair
of
the
board
of
commissioners,
externen
hayman
mayor
of
astrium,
and
was
the
deputy
director
of
public
health
preparedness
for
polk
county.
B
B
Our
comic
19
case
count
is
currently
8,220
in
our
own
community.
We
have
lost
143
of
our
neighbors
to
cob
and
19.
Our
average
number
of
cases
a
day
continues
to
rise
and
we
are
adding
about
135
new
cases
a
day
in
our
county,
plus,
our
percentage
of
positive
cases
has
gone
up
above
5%
in
the
last
four
weeks,
around
November
23,
our
percentage
of
positive
cases
was
4
points
and
7
percent.
Now
we
have
a
percentage
of
positive
cases
of
8.3
percent.
B
This,
together
with
our
new
cases
above
100
thousand
a
week,
indicates
exponential
and
increasing
community
transmission.
As
a
result,
our
county
has
been
designated
as
orange
in
the
state's
county
alert
system.
Our
state
has
over
494
thousand
identified
cob
cases
and
19,
and
we
are
seeing
a
record
number
of
new
cases.
In
the
last
few
days,
our
local
hospitals
have
seen
an
increase
in
the
daily
number
of
hospitalized
patients
associated
with
c
with
code
19
mission
health
system
is
currently
reporting
over
100
kobe
19
patients
hospitalized
on
average.
B
B
We
have
to
reduce
the
spread
of
copper,
19
and
cushion
the
impact
on
our
health
systems.
Our
efforts
are
necessary
to
change
these
trends
and
we
are
already
we
are
facing
a
sustained,
if
not
more,
significant
increase
in
cases
in
the
coming
days.
You
have
no
doubt
been
thinking
about
your
vacation.
We
do
not
recommend
traveling
with
people
outside
your
household.
If
you
are
celebrating
with
your
household
alone.
Thank
you
for
choosing
to
limit
your
interactions
with
other
people.
B
If
you
are
choosing
to
celebrate
with
other
people
outside
the
home,
whether
in
your
home
or
in
others,
remember
to
wear
a
mask,
keep
your
distance
and
wash
your
hands
frequently,
even
if
these
are
family
or
close
friends.
Wear
your
mask
and
keep
6
days
distance.
If
you
had
a
kobe
test
before
your
family
reunion,
even
if
you
test
negative,
wear
a
mask
and
stay
6
feet
apart,
thanksgiving
showed
us
that
people
gathering
with
others
outside
your
home,
don't
practice
dallas
3w
and
let
your
guard
down
remember
to
wear
masks.
B
Keeping
your
distance
and
washing
your
hands
is
of
great
importance.
This
reduces
the
spread
and
helps
protect
you
and
others
in
the
exhibition.
'la
kobe
19,
please
find
other
ways
than
to
express
your
joy
with
friends
and
family
instead
of
traditions
or
gatherings.
We
have
seen,
and
continue
to
see
that
when
people
are
in
environments
where
they
are
very
close
to
each
other
without
masks,
we
see
exposure
and
spread.
Please
do
not
put
yourself
or
others
at
risk.
B
If
you
are
sick,
stay
home,
these
simple
and
easy
steps
are
so
important
amounts.
As
we
roll
out
the
vaccine,
vaccines
will
be
rolled
out
using
the
human
services
prioritization
ship
and
health
of
north
carolina,
health
and
human
services,
panko
county
with
our
partners
in
emergency
services
and
others
began
rolling
out
the
vaccine
on
december
22.
On
our
first
day,
we
immunize
150
individuals,
mostly
first
responders
medical
or
medical
staff
at
our
at
our
facilities.
This
was
a
momentous
day
of
getting
the
vaccine
out
to
the
community
she
yelled
at
him.
B
We
just
came
from
working
at
our
vaccination
site
for
the
second
day
where
we
are
currently
vaccinating
other
people
and
doctors
participating
in
the
tests
and
vaccine
efforts.
In
the
coming
days,
we
will
move
through
our
Provider
groups
and
we
will
get
more
and
more
of
our
healthcare
workers
who
are
critical
to
cobi
19
care
and
support.
As
vaccine
supply
increases.
We
will
continue
to
move
through
the
administration
phases
of
the
department
of
human
services
and
health
working
towards
community
distribution.
B
The
arrival
of
vaccines
is
a
positive
event,
but
until
the
vaccine
supply
is
accessible
to
everyone
in
the
community.
Consider
the
health
of
your
neighbors,
your
family
and
your
own
remember
to
wear
a
mask:
stay
6
feet
away
away
and
wash
your
hands
stay
indoors
during
the
holidays,
to
reduce
the
spread.
B
No,
these
are
not
easy
times,
but
this
is
an
important
and
crucial
time
in
the
story
where
we
can
decide
if
we
jump
in
to
stop
this
pandemic,
take
care
of
yourself
and
others
be
patient
with
yourself
and
others,
and
know
that
public
health
and
healthcare
providers
will
be
working
around
the
clock
during
the
holidays
to
care
for
you,
our
community,
and
we
need
your
help
to
do
this.
For
you
and
your
loved
ones.
A
A
A
Over
the
years
we've
had
in
the
when
bread
com,
they
have
almost
always
been
below
5%,
with,
where
I
put.
That
is
where
our
health
experts
want
it
to
remain,
but
in
recent
weeks
the
rate
of
positive
cases
has
increased
more
than
8
percent,
which
confirms
a
large
increase
in
spreading
food
in
our
community.
A
A
Each
person
with
the
I
spoke
to
expressed
genuine
concern
that
the
hospital
could
be
overwhelmed
in
the
coming
weeks,
and
cases
continue
to
increase.
Capacity
in
the
hospital
is
not
just
determined
by
the
amount
of
physical
space,
but
even
more
so
by
the
number
of
trained
nurses
and
doctors
available
to
care
for
the
sick.
A
We
are
facing
Considering
the
possibility
that
people
get
sick
from
kobe
or
another
disease
or
injury
that
they
are
transferred
to
Mexicans,
but
cannot
receive
quality
care
because
the
number
of
sick
patients
in
mobile
on
emarsa
the
system
is
essential
that
we
avoid
that
situation.
The
two
provisions
Adopted
today
are
intended
to
reduce
situations
where
people
gather
in
close
proximity
to
aborted
indoor
settings
and
where
the
use
of
a
protective
mask
or
face
covering
is
either
impossible
or
often
not
used.
A
A
Some
may
wonder
we
are
targeting
restaurants.
Currently,
there
are
no
other
commercial
settings
where
people
are
allowed
to
sit
gather
around
each
other
to
wear
masks,
but
there
is
an
investigation,
scientific
evidence
indicating
that
reducing
indoor
restaurant
seating
capacity
can
lead
to
a
significant
reduction
in
broom
transmission
in
this
setting.
A
Yet
our
current
policy
does
not
change
any
policies
related
to
outdoor
dining
that
are
highly
regarded
less
risky.
What
we
want
to
do
is
reduce
people.
The
number
of
people
gathering
to
10
reduce
from
10
to
2
people
from
different
households
that
can
come
together
for
indoor
social
activities.
Our
health
officials
believe
that
these
indoor
gatherings
of
people
of
different
agres
are
a
major
factor
in
the
growth
of
the
disease
as
living
in
panko
county.
In
order
to
allow
individuals,
families
and
businesses
time
to
prepare
these
policies
go
into
effect
on
january
2.
A
A
B
Thank
you,
chair,
newman
and
the
county
commissioners
for
leading
the
effort
to
address
the
rising
number
of
kobe
19
cases
in
banco
county
and
across
the
state.
As
many
of
you
know,
yesterday
governor
cooper
announced
that
over
90%
of
the
counties
of
North
Carolina
are
now
designated
as
red
or
orange.
B
This
means
there
is
significant
or
critical
community
spread
of
cob
and
19.
At
this
critical
time.
The
city
supports
the
county's
decision
to
move
to
more
stringent
restrictions
on
january
2.
We
do
this
in
full
partnership
with
the
county.
These
restrictions
will
be
stricter
than
the
governor's
order,
although
these
restrictions
will
start
after
the
holidays.
B
Until
then,
I
urge
you
to
be
very
careful
during
the
holidays
and
follow
the
governor's
order
and
cancel
plans
to
gather
indoors
with
people
from
outside
your
household
stay
at
home
and
connect
virtually
or
by
phone
with
family
and
friends
outside
your
household.
If
meeting
in
person
keep
gathering
small
and
keep
it
outside,
get
tested
for
cob
and
19
before
meeting
with
others
stay
6
feet
apart,
follow
the
modified
stay-at-
home
order
and
arrive
home
by
10
p.m.
give
and,
as
always,
wear
a
mask.
B
My
family
and
I
will
follow
the
guidelines
when
spending
time
together
outdoors,
we
had
to
organize
our
meeting
based
on
the
weather.
That
seems
to
be
very
cold
in
life.
I
will
not
be
able
to
be
with
my
brother
and
with
my
family
and
his
family
and
his
newborn
baby,
and
I
will
not
be
able
to
see
my
sister
either.
In
fact,
I
have
not
seen
my
brothers
in
person
since,
before
the
pandemic.
B
My
sister
in
law
is
a
nurse
and
just
got
the
vaccine,
so
we
can
all
start
to
see
the
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel.
We
need
to
continue
to
make
personal
sacrifices
for
our
safety
and
health
and
that
of
our
loved
ones
and
that
of
our
community
and
again,
please
continue
to
stay
vigilant.
Our
number
one
priority
continues
to
be
keeping
everyone
in
our
community
safe.
Please
continue
to
stay
home
prac,
please
social,
distancing
and
follow
public
health
guidelines
and
happy
holidays.
Everyone.
A
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
flexor
and
I
am
the
director
of
public
health
preparedness
at
the
bottom
of
the
balcony.
I
want
to
talk
about
the
changes
that
president
newman
and
jaime
sterm
have
talked
about
of
the
local
statement
that
will
go
into
effect
on
january
2
and
will
remain
in
effect
until
further
notice.
We
are
trying
to
focus
on
transmission.
A
This
will
be
targeting
the
areas
that
we
know.
People
are
not
always
wearing
their
masks.
In
addition
to
these,
two
exceptions
that
are
will
continue
to
align
with
Governor
Cooper's,
sensible
orders.
The
first
notable
change
is
for
the
restaurant
is
for
breweries
and
other
venues
that
will
now
limit.
The
number
of
people
is
at
30
percent
of
stated
capacity.
A
This
is
a
reduction
from
previous
capacity
allocation
of
50%.
The
second
notable
change
is
in
the
guide
of
massive
meetings.
The
limitations
of
mass
gatherings
are
now
reduced
to
all
people
for
indoor
gatherings.
Outdoor
gatherings
are
still
at
50
people,
any
industry
or
sector
that
has
specific
limitations,
whether
defined
as
retail,
spaces
or
events
have
to
follow
those
specific
guides
and
guidelines.
A
Vaccines
are
here
and
with
them.
We
enter
a
crucial
moment
in
our
fight
with
against
kobe
19,
but
we
still
have
many
many
months
before
we
have
enough
population
vaccinated
to
start
changing
our
trend
trajectories.
We
are
still
concerned
about
the
possibility
of
overwhelming
our
local
health
systems
and
it
drives
us
all
to
follow
the
health
guidance
public
to
make
this
not
happen.
Thank
you
very
much.