The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Thursday, there are now 1,178,414 PCR positive cases and 216,840 antigen positive cases, 2,943 people hospitalized and 16,524 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 4,765 new total cases and 80 additional deaths from Wednesday.
A total of 17,746,524 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 9/30/2021 | 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 | 1,395,254 | 4,765 | 16,524 | 80 | 2,943 | -67 | 7.70% | 17,746,524 | 63,404 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 2,359 | 10 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 1,027 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 2,181 | 8 | 40 | 1 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 2,509 | 16 | 24 | 1 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 3,557 | 10 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 985 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,667 | 11 | 69 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,477 | 10 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 4,659 | 29 | 95 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,431 | 12 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 23,852 | 111 | 386 | 2 |