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Health

Cooper And Officials Share COVID-19 Update Amid Delta Variant Uptick

WUNC | By WUNC News

Published July 21, 2021 at 1:58 PM EDT

In this file photo, Gov. Cooper delivers a COVID-19 state briefing.

North Carolina is seeing rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations associated with the highly contagious Delta variant.

At 2 p.m. Wed. July 21, Gov. Cooper and members of the Coronavirus Task Force will hold a live briefing to share an update on COVID-19 in the state. Watch live here:

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