1,2; Catherine V. Donovan, PhD1,3; Aaron T. Fleischauer, PhD3,4; Zack S. Moore, MD3; Gibbie Harris, MSPH5; Susan Hayes, MEd6; Meg Sullivan, MD5; April Wilburn6; Jonathan Ong5; Dana Wright6; Raynard Washington, PhD5; Amy Pulliam; DHSc6; Brittany Byers2; Heather P.
McLaughlin, PhD2; Emilio Dirlikov, PhD2; Dale A. Rose, PhD2; Henry T. Walke, MD2; Margaret A. Honein, PhD2; Contact Tracing Assessment Team; Patrick K.
Moonan, DrPH2; John E. Oeltmann, PhD2 (View author affiliations)Successful SARS-CoV-2 contact tracing requires timeliness and community engagement to encourage participation and cooperation.During periods of high COVID-19 incidence in North Carolina, 48% of COVID-19 patients reported no contacts, and 25% of contacts were not reached.