Summary: <p>NORTH CAROLINA — The number of cases of novel coronavirus, also know as COVID-19, in North Carolina jumped by more than 100 overnight, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.</p> <p>The news comes hours after Mecklenburg County health officials confirm that as many as a third of the county's 106 cases come from community spread. Community spread means the person came in contact with COVID-19 through unknown means and not through travel or by direct contact with someone who has tested positive.</p> <p>"Every zip code in our county now has a positive case," Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio said in the town hall Monday. "And what that tells us is <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241446466.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">we do have community spread</a>." Since health officials are unable to determine the source of the spread, residents must treat every interaction as a potential source of COVID-19 exposure, she said, the Charlotte Observer reported.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bj-murphy9/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bj-murphy9/support</a>
