Good morning. It’s Monday, October 12th. This is your briefing from Lucas Dixon for The News & Observer. Today will be warmer, with a high around 80 degrees and a low of 63. And after a wet day yesterday, there’s a chance that we’ll have more rain today. In our top story: North Carolina reported more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before the daily number of positive tests dipped to about 1,700 yesterday.