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 789,548 PCR positive cases and 124,584 antigen positive cases, 955 people hospitalized and 12,112 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 1,929 new total cases and 25 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 11,336,690 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests in North Carolina has risen for three days in a row. It is now 6.5%.
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 | |
NC STATE TOTALS | 914,132 | 1,929 | 12,112 | 25 | 955 | 31 | 6.50% |
BERTIE COUNTY | 1,697 | 1 | 43 | 0 | |||
CAMDEN COUNTY | 619 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,394 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,461 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||
DARE COUNTY | 1,988 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||
GATES COUNTY | 704 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||
HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,001 | 1 | 63 | 0 | |||
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,790 | 9 | 38 | 0 | |||
PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,188 | 2 | 79 | 0 | |||
PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 941 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
LOCAL TOTALS | 15,783 | 18 | 294 | 0 |