A student wearing a ‘17th century plague doctor’ costume strolls past a restaurant on Franklin Street at the University of North Carolina campus on August 22, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The emergence of clusters on campus forced UNC to abruptly cancel in-person classes. The student, a junior who preferred to remain anonymous, bought the costume online in response to the emergence of the new infections and to bring attention to the pandemic without being ‘overly depressing.’

An apparently vandalized sign advertising a countywide mask mandate is seen at the corner of White Cross and Old Greensboro roads on July 28, 2020 in Chapel Hill, United States.

Medics with Durham County Emergency Medical Services respond to a call for a suspected COVID-19 case in an at-risk patient during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic on July 17, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. Durham County EMS responded to 182 suspected Covid cases the previous week and 638 in the previous month.

Teachers are checked for fevers and provided with masks with the school logo during a morning check-in procedure at John Motley Morehead High School on August 28, 2020 in Eden, North Carolina. The school of 800 students began virtual teaching the previous week, and plans to return to in-person classes with 50% capacity on September 21.

Parishioners receive communion at a Saturday evening mass by Father Robert Rutledge at Church of the Holy Infant on August 1, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina.

A congregant reads a special COVID-19 prayer during a Saturday evening mass at Church of the Holy Infant on August 1, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina.

A StarMed staff members tests patients during a Mass Testing Event at a park-and-ride parking lot near the University of North Carolina's campus on August 28, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Nichole Weintraub teaches her first period English class via Zoom at John Motley Morehead High School on August 28, 2020 in Eden, North Carolina. The school of 800 students began virtual teaching last week, and plans to return to in-person classes with 50% capacity on September 21.

A sign advertising masks is seen at a volunteer fire department on July 18, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Maya, 10, right and Adira, 5, left, climb on a statue of a dinosaur called a Parasaurolophus at the Museum of Life and Science on August 28, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina.

Lifeguard Taylor Marshall works to clean and disinfect the pool and deck of Hollow Rock Racquet & Swim Club during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic on July 18, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. The pool has moved to a system where the day is divided into three two-hour blocks with a half-hour of cleaning in between each one. Marshall is using a Ryobi Defender, a fogger/mister that sprays disinfectant that pool began using as a result of the pandemic.

An American flag is pinned to a blank whiteboard during virtual teaching at John Motley Morehead High School on August 28, 2020 in Eden, North Carolina.

Teacher Ida Trisolini, sitting among personalized bags of school supplies for students, describes becoming emotional on Monday, the first day of the school year, at Carolina Friends School on August 28, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. Many teachers worked through the summer without vacations in order to complete the transition to virtual learning. The small quaker private school returned to school this week with 100% remote learning, and teachers created take-home bags filled with the supplies each student will need to complete their studies, which includes volleyballs and microscopes.