Source: WRAL, 2/22/21

 A month ago, more than four-fifths of North Carolina's 100 counties were considered coronavirus hot spots. By Monday, that had dropped to about one in four. The state Department of Health and Human Services released its latest iteration of the state county alert map on Monday, showing only 27 counties are considered "red zones," with critical levels of coronavirus spread. That's down from 61 in early February and a high of 86 in mid-January.

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