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 1,005,341 PCR positive cases and 183,955 antigen positive cases, 3,651 people hospitalized and 14,319 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 8,105 new total cases and 47 additional deaths from Thursday. This is the second day in a row the state has reported over 8,000 additional daily cases.
A total of 15,644,150 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
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 | 1,189,296 | 8,105 | 14,319 | 47 | 3,651 | 99 | 12.80% | 15,644,150 | 63,031 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 2,012 | 19 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 780 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,742 | 17 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,901 | 19 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,926 | 25 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 845 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,314 | 9 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,081 | 12 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,823 | 14 | 88 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,175 | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 19,599 | 134 | 356 | 0 |