RALEIGH, N.C. — Deaths from COVID-19 reached 20,000 people in North Carolina on Tuesday, a dark benchmark in the ongoing pandemic.
The milestone comes less than a year after the state hit the 10,000 mark, which happened in February.
The state Department of Health and Human Services reported more than 100,000 new cases over the holiday weekend, bringing the running total to more than 2.1 million since the pandemic’s beginning.
