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NC Coronavirus:COVID-19 cases in universities contribute to spikes in county totals-ABC 11 Raleigh-Durham <br /> same magnitude of an effect on Wake County's <br /> numbers as UNC had on Orange County, McGee said <br /> the difference in county population could explain why <br /> Orange County's cases increased at a much higher rate <br /> than Wake County's. <br /> "You look at Wake County and the population is about <br /> a million, so you know NC State's 30,000 students is <br /> 3% of the population," McGee said. "When you look at <br /> Orange County, our population is around 150,000 or <br /> so and 30,000 UNC students, that's 20% of the <br /> population. I think it was just a matter of numbers." <br /> RELATED: NC State students pack up, start <br /> moving out after less than a month on campus <br /> This week--two weeks after NC State Chancellor Randy <br /> Woodson moved courses online, Wake County only <br /> reported 624 new COVID-19 cases. But Mushonga <br /> warned that decrease isn't an excuse to become <br /> complacent. <br /> "We really just have to continue to be vigilant in those <br /> preventative measures and to not let our guards down <br /> and just to continue with the three W's," Mushonga <br /> said. <br /> RELATED: Meredith College credits app with <br /> helping COVID-ig cases stay low amid in- <br /> person learning <br /> However, Durham County did not see an increase in <br /> cases in August--in fact, cases declined throughout the <br /> month, even though the county is home to both Duke <br /> University and North Carolina Central University. <br /> Duke University is still operating in-person classes, <br /> https://abcl I.com/ne-coronavirus-cases-covid-19-unc/6419029/[9/15/20, 10:58:16 AM] <br />