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 770,580 PCR positive cases and 116,731 antigen positive cases, 1,021 people hospitalized and 11,722 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 1,093 new total cases and 15 additional deaths from Monday.
A total of 10,824,621 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of cases in local areas:
| 3/16/2021 | 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 | 887,311 | 1,093 | 11,722 | 15 | 1,021 | 45 | 6.70% | 10,824,621 | 16,474 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,684 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 608 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,391 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,421 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 1,903 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 691 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,975 | 1 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,755 | 2 | 36 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,132 | 2 | 78 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 936 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 15,496 | 8 | 288 | 0 |