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 158,985 cases, 1,004 people hospitalized and 2,606 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 1,244 new cases, 4 additional hospitalizations and 36 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 2,121,001 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
In our local areas there were a total of 26 new COVID-19 cases and 4 additional deaths. Chowan County reported the highest case increase with 6 new cases.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 372 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 89 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 193 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 236 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 75 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 486 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 333 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 515 | 3 | 23 | 1 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 112 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 2,502 | 26 | 70 | 4 |