The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Wednesday, there are now 835,451 PCR positive cases and 141,317 antigen positive cases, 1,000 people hospitalized and 12,721 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 1,468 new total COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 12,546,599 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 | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 976,768 | 1,468 | 12,721 | 21 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,759 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 659 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,456 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,532 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 2,087 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 733 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,085 | 1 | 63 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,869 | 1 | 59 | 1 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,322 | 8 | 80 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,000 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 16,502 | 17 | 323 | 2 |