CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atrium Health officials confirmed a number of people tested positive for the Coronavirus in the ICU at Atrium Health Cabarrus.
A cluster is define as five or more cases of the virus. Officials did not say how many people had tested positive at the hospital or if they were patients or staff.
Hospital officials said they reported the cluster to the state, per protocol.
"Since the investigation is ongoing, our COVID-19 team continues to work closely with Atrium Health staff on reported positive cases, contact investigation and tracing," Marcella Beam, the Chief Community Health Officer for the Cabarrus Health Alliance, said in a released statement.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story misidentified Beam's statement incorrectly as an Atrium Health statement.
