WATCH: State Officials Deliver COVID-19 Update

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WATCH: State Officials Deliver COVID-19 Update

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Published August 4, 2021 at 1:29 PM EDT

Gov. Roy Cooper and members of the Coronavirus Task Force hold a live briefing to share the latest on COVID-19 cases and policies in the state. North Carolina continues to see rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations associated with the highly contagious delta variant.

Watch live at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4 here:

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