As of Friday, the Wayne County Health Department is tracking 656 positive cases of COVID-19. 470 of these cases are offenders at the Neuse Correctional Institute in Goldsboro, 41 cases are from a congregate care facility, and 145 cases are from outside a congregate care facility. The health department received notice of two additional deaths…… read more »
470 inmates at the Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s according to the Wednesday figures from Wayne County Government. As of Wednesday morning, there were 651 total cases of coronavirus recorded in Wayne County, and that number includes the cases associated with the local prison. Wayne County is also reporting…… read more »
Wayne County is now reporting four coronavirus-related deaths in the county. According to Wednesday’s figures from the county, 81 people have tested positive for COVID-19. Wayne County has confirmed that 17 patients and two employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at a long-term care facility in Mount Olive. Two of those patients at the facility…… read more »
Residents near O’Berry Road and Thigpen Dairy Road west of Mount Olive were assessing the damage caused by the violent storms that swept through Wayne County Monday morning. Goldsboro Daily News photographer Bobby Williams shot these pictures within just a few miles of that intersection. The storms knocked over trees and caused damage to a…… read more »
The Wayne County Health Department is currently monitoring increased cases of COVID-19 at facilities in the county. Currently, Wayne County has a total of 72 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Monday afternoon. Staff are tracking 13 positive cases at a nursing home in Mount Olive, as well as two residential care facilities in Goldsboro,…… read more »
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Wayne County. According to the National Weather Service, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Smithfield to Howellsville and were moving east at 60 mph around 8 AM. Expect considerable tree damage and some damage to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. Although a tornado…… read more »
Wayne County’s unemployment rate dropped in the latest figures available before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and shuttered numerous businesses across the country. According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Wayne County’s seasonally unadjusted jobless rate decreased to 3.9% in February. That’s down from the 4.3% unemployment rate recorded in January, and the 4.4% jobless…… read more »
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and it couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time. Appearing on Jeff Farrow’s Morning Show on Goldsboro’s Greatest Hits 1150 and 98.3, Kriquette Davis with the Goldsboro Family YMCA noted that kids could be at greater risk during the statewide “Stay-At-Home” order. It means that victims of physical…… read more »
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wayne UNC Health Care and the County of Wayne are encouraging the local community to shine a light for healthcare workers and first responders by hanging lights in the shape of a heart in their windows. “Our healthcare workers and first responders are critical in the fight against COVID-19…… read more »
The Wayne County Health Department is reporting the first COVID-19 associated death in Wayne County. The individual died on April 9, 2020 from complications associated with the virus. The patient was in their early 80’s and suffered from underlying medical conditions. To protect the family’s privacy, no further information about this patient will be released.…… read more »
