COVID-19 daily briefing — Dec. 29

Published 3:47 pm Tuesday, December 29, 2020

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There are 130 new cases reported since yesterday’s briefing. There have been 20,077 laboratory-confirmed cases and 221 deaths in Forsyth County. All cases reported by the Forsyth County Department of Public Health are Forsyth County residents. Of the 20,077, 17,106 are presumed recovered. The case count is subject to change throughout the day but will only be reported once per day in the daily briefing.

The public health director will provide a detailed briefing at 2 p.m. at the beginning of the next board of county commissioners meeting, which will be conducted remotely. The public can listen to and watch the meeting on WSTV-13 or go to https://www.cityofws.org/493/WSTV-13

Public Health Director Joshua Swift commented,“The Forsyth County Department of Public Health will host the following no-cost COVID-19 community testing events this week:

The Forsyth County Department of Public Health will host the following no-cost COVID-19 community testing events:

• Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Smith Reynolds Airport (lower lot), 3801 N. Liberty St., from noon-3 p.m.

• Thursday, Dec. 31 , at EMS Triangle Station, 3260 Kernersville Road, from noon-3 p.m.

• Saturday, Jan. 2, at Winston-Salem Fairgrounds (Enter Gate 9), 421 27th St. NW, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Forsyth County Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 helpline is 336-582-0800. For information on COVID-19 testing locations, symptoms and prevention, as well as Safer at Home Order measures, go to https://forsyth.cc/covidupdate .