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 871,282 PCR positive cases and 155,415 antigen positive cases, 672 people hospitalized and 13,541 COVID-19-related deaths.
That is 871 new total cases and 6 new deaths from Monday.
A total of 14,136,073 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide is 7.3%, jumping from 5.80% reported over a three-day period from Friday to Monday.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 7/20/2021 | 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 | 1,026,697 | 871 | 13,541 | 6 | 672 | 60 | 7.30% | 14,136,073 | 12,625 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,802 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 695 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,521 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,599 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,275 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 754 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,125 | 1 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,906 | 0 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,481 | 1 | 87 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,035 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 17,193 | 10 | 348 | 0 |