On Thursday, 07/30/2020 administrators with the Catawba County Detention Facility (CCDF) contacted the Catawba County Department of Public Health to report COVID-19 cases amongst both staff and inmates. This report follows information received from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety concerning inmates arriving at state prison facilities from CCDF who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. A total of six (6) CCDF inmates and… View More
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Catawba County Public Health is investigating a newly identified outbreak of COVID-19 at Trinity Village, where 2 residents and 3 staff members have tested positive for the virus. The facility is informing residents, their family members, and staff about the situation. This is the ninth congregate care facility outbreak identified in Catawba County. In a congregate living setting, a COVID-19 outbreak is defined as two or more… View More
Catawba County Public Health is investigating a newly identified outbreak of COVID-19 at Catawba Valley Assisted Living, where 1 resident and 3 staff members have tested positive for the virus. The facility is informing residents, their family members, and staff about the situation. This is the seventh congregate care facility outbreak identified in Catawba County. In a congregate living setting, a COVID-19 outbreak is defined as two… View More
By Jennifer McCracken, Health Director With the advent of caller ID and smartphones, screening and avoiding calls from people we don’t want to talk to – telemarketers and scammers, for example – is a lot easier than it used to be. However, in the new era of contact tracing for COVID-19, we are asking folks to answer the call. You could be called because your test was positive or because someone who… View More
Funding is now available to help Catawba County residents in crisis pay heating or cooling bills or secure heating or cooling resources from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Crisis Intervention Program (CIP). Households may qualify for CIP assistance if they are behind on payment for their primary heating or cooling source; do not have timely and appropriate assistance available from another source; and do… View More
Three new COVID-19 deaths have been reported to Catawba County Public Health over the last 24 hours, bringing the county’s total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 20. All three individuals were hospitalized and had underlying medical conditions. None were from congregate care settings. Two of the individuals were in their 70s and one was in their 80s. “With six deaths due to COVID-19 in our community in the past week,… View More
Catawba County Public Health has updated its online COVID-19 dashboard with new and updated data drawn from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The dashboard is published on the Catawba County website at www.catawbacountync.gov. Notable changes to the dashboard include the following: A “Total Tests Completed” category has been added to report total… View More
Catawba County and the Western Piedmont Council of Governments (WPCOG) are partnering to apply for federal funding to help low- and moderate-income families in Catawba County excluding the city limits of Hickory and Conover to make improvements to their homes. Catawba County is applying for housing rehabilitation funds from the N.C. Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Neighborhood Revitalization Program.… View More
By Jennifer McCracken, Catawba County Public Health Director In Catawba County, we have seen a significant increase in the number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past several weeks. While it is true that testing has increased, the reality is this: more people are getting sick in Catawba County. This has been largely driven by the spread of COVID-19 from infected individuals, most of whom were not yet aware… View More
Catawba County Public Health is investigating a newly identified outbreak of COVID-19 at Abernethy Laurels in Newton, where 3 residents and 2 staff members have tested positive for the virus. The facility is informing patients, their family members, and staff about the situation. This is the sixth congregate care facility outbreak identified in Catawba County. In a congregate living setting, a COVID-19 outbreak is defined as two or… View More