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 667,836 PCR positive cases and 78,623 antigen positive cases, 3,048 people hospitalized and 9,157 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 6,959 new total cases and 111 additional deaths from Thursday. Hospitalizations in North Carolina also dipped Friday as there were 190 less hospitalizations reported.
A total of 8,731,816 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 | 746,459 | 6,959 | 9,157 | 111 | 3,048 | -190 | 8.70% | 8,731,816 | 83,393 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,512 | 4 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 455 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,190 | 3 | 20 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,088 | 19 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 1,653 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 528 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,780 | 8 | 55 | 1 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,492 | 16 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 2,627 | 20 | 71 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 756 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 13,081 | 93 | 249 | 1 |