Monday, October 26, 2020

 COVID-19 UPDATE

Burke County Health has reported 2 thousand 9 hundred and 47 cumulative cases

of coronavirus.  2 thousand 4 hundred and 68 patients have recovered while 5

patients are hospitalized.  McDowell County reported 16 new cases of coronavirus

Friday for a cumulative total of 1 thousand 1 hundred 89.  1 thousand and 21

patients are out of quarantine.  Catawba County reported 10 new cases of

coronavirus yesterday for a cumulative total of 4 thousand, 2 hundred and 28.  35

patients are hospitalized.  3 thousand, 2 hundred 47 patients have recovered. 

And Caldwell County reported 10 new cases of coronavirus for a cumulative total

of 2 thousand 3 hundred 68.  16 patients are hospitalized and 1 thousand 5

hundred and 59 have recovered.


Voting Wrapup

Burke County voters turned out in large numbers to the one stop voting sites

Saturday, as nearly fourteen hundred people cast ballots for the November

General Election.  Some 44 percent of Burke County’s registered voters have

already cast ballots, either through one stop voting or absentee.  That means 25

thousand, 4 hundred and 93 voters have already voted.  In Caldwell County, some

46.7 percent of the registered voters have cast ballots, for a total of 25 thousand,

3 hundred and 38.  37.9 percent of McDowell County’s registered voters have cast

ballots, for a total of 11 thousand 2 hundred and 84.  And in Catawba County,

approximately 41.8 percent of registered voters have voted, for a total of 45

thousand 2 hundred and 45, excluding Sunday’s vote.  Early voting continues

through Saturday, October 31st.


McDowell Runaway

McDowell County authorities are looking for a 17 year old last seen at her

residence on Hoyles Orchard Road in Old Fort last Thursday.  Shelby Joann

Harwood was last seen around 4:30 p.m.  Law enforcement reports say Harwood

is a white female, 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 1 hundred 50 pounds. 

She has brown hair and hazel eyes.  Anyone knowing her whereabouts should call

the McDowell Sheriff’s Office at 652-2235.


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