While North Carolina is in better shape with its COVID-19 metrics than this time last year, the numbers are still going in the wrong direction.
About a week removed from the Thanksgiving holiday and within the transmission window for Thanksgiving-related coronavirus cases, the state is reporting several back-to-back days of above-average cases.
On Friday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported more than 3,700 new infections, the third straight day with a case count above 3,000.
The state's two-week average for daily new cases is around 2,100, which is up from the most recent low of 1,700, seen in mid-November.
The test positivity rate is now up to 6.5% over the last two weeks, a rate above the state's 5% goal line and a rise from 4.3% about three weeks ago.
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