A spokesperson with NCPC said North Carolina outpaced its six-month total of 247 snake bites in 2020 and is currently on pace to exceed the number of snake bites from that year, 733.
“Our case volume of ‘snake bites’ is even more than this, because we get calls about unknown snakes – both those that are not known if they are venomous and those that are known to be venomous,” the spokesperson said.
According to WakeMed, the hospital has treated nine patients for snake bites since June 1, and six needed anti-venom.
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