North Carolina will be under a modified stay-at-home order starting this Friday, December 11.

Gov. Roy Cooper announced the new restrictions Tuesday during a media briefing where he called North Carolina’s current COVID-19 trends “alarming.”

Under the modified stay-at-home order:

• Residents are required to stay at home between 10 PM and 5 AM
• Businesses, including restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, personal care businesses and most retail stores will be required to close by 10 PM.
• All on-site alcohol consumption sales must end by 9 PM

As of Tuesday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports there have been 404,032 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.  5,605 of those cases have resulted in death.

Click here to read Gov. Cooper’s modified stay-at-home order.