The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Friday, there are now 1,156,097 PCR positive cases and 212,646 antigen positive cases, 3,359 people hospitalized and 16,108 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,805 new total cases and 96 additional deaths from Thursday.
A total of 17,408,186 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 9/24/2021 | TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED | CHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS | PERCENT POSITIVITY | COMPLETED TESTS | NEW TESTS COMPLETED SINCE YESTERDAY |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 1,368,743 | 5,805 | 16,108 | 96 | 3,359 | 128 | 8.60% | 17,408,186 | 74,365 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 2,315 | 12 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 985 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 2,132 | 13 | 38 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 2,418 | 25 | 22 | 1 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 3,491 | 7 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 959 | 9 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,624 | 6 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,443 | 13 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 4,523 | 71 | 94 | 1 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,389 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 23,279 | 169 | 377 | 2 |
