The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Tuesday, there are now 956,599 PCR positive cases and 174,544 antigen positive cases, 2,930 people hospitalized and 13,952 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,256 new total cases and 57 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 15,145,471 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
During a news conference Wednesday, N.C. officials said Every single state county is categorized as “high” transmission for COVID-19. They added that the state has administered more than 10 million vaccine doses, 56% of 12 and older are vaccinated, 59% of 18 and older are vaccinated and 85% of 65 and older are vaccinated.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 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 | 1,131,243 | 5,256 | 13,952 | 57 | 2,930 | 102 | 13.20% | 15,145,471 | 42,897 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,904 | 8 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 737 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,646 | 10 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,783 | 6 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,721 | 15 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 802 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,232 | 11 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,009 | 10 | 62 | 1 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,692 | 30 | 88 | 1 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,116 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 18,642 | 98 | 356 | 3 |