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 796,638 PCR positive cases and 126,792 antigen positive cases, 982 people hospitalized and 12,189 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 870 new total cases and 16 additional deaths since Monday.
A total of 11,534,490 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
North Carolina reports 38.4% of the population vaccinated with at least one dose and 25.7% of the population fully vaccinated.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests in North Carolina has increased to 7%.
North Carolina moves into Group 5 on Tuesday. Starting Tuesday, any North Carolina resident 16 and older will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine shot if they wish to.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 4/6/2021 | 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 | 923,430 | 870 | 12,189 | 16 | 982 | 75 | 7.00% | 11,534,490 | 25,383 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,705 | 1 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 628 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,398 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,469 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,012 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 704 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,016 | 2 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,811 | 5 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,201 | 2 | 79 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 943 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 15,887 | 14 | 295 | 0 |