Agenda - 04-06-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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16 1 The Board considered voting to approve a resolution recognizing March 3, 2021 as a 2 day of reflection, commemorating the first North Carolinian diagnosed with COVID-19 and 3 authorizing the Chair to sign. 4 Chair Price asked Quintana Stewart, Public Health Director, to introduce the item. 5 Quintana Stewart said it is hard to believe it has been a year since the first Covid case 6 was identified in North Carolina. She expressed thanks to the Commissioners and the County 7 Manager's Office for their support over the last year. 8 Commissioner Hamilton read the resolution: 9 10 BACKGROUND: On March 3, 2020, Governor Roy Cooper identified the first case of COVID-19 11 as a person who had traveled to Washington State and was exposed at a long-term care facility. 12 The second case in NC was identified on March 6, 2020 in a person who had traveled to Italy. 13 By March 7th, NC had five new additional cases. On March 10th, Governor Cooper issued an 14 executive order declaring a State of Emergency. 15 16 As of February 24, 2021, Orange County has administered 26,716 first doses and 17,911 17 second doses COVID vaccinations. Frontline Healthcare workers, essential workers, first 18 responders, and a host of community volunteers continue to work tirelessly to vaccinate the 19 community. 20 21 22 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 23 24 A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 3, 2021 AS A DAY OF REFLECTION, 25 COMMEMORATING THE FIRST NORTH CAROLINIAN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 26 27 WHEREAS, North Carolina reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 3, 2020; and 28 29 WHEREAS, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Carolina has experienced nearly 30 845,000 COVID cases and 11,000 deaths; and 31 32 WHEREAS, Orange County has experienced over 7,500 COVID cases and 93 deaths over the 33 past year; and 34 35 WHEREAS, the United States has recently surpassed over 500,000 deaths from COVID-19; 36 and 37 38 WHEREAS, our frontline health care and essential workers have faced incredible challenges as 39 we battled the pandemic and continue providing the services our residents need; and 40 41 WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a physical, mental and emotional toll on our 42 frontline health care and essential workers and residents; and 43 44 WHEREAS, our county, state and nation are grieving the hundreds of thousands lives lost as 45 well as personal, financial, economic and other impacts of the pandemic; and 46 47 WHEREAS, we continue to fight the pandemic by caring for those battling the virus, continuing 48 our research on treatment and prevention, and vaccinating our residents; and 49 50 WHEREAS, we will continue working together as a community until we can bring an end to the 51 COVID-19 pandemic;