The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Saturday, there are now 183,740 cases, 870 people hospitalized and 3,047 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 1,454 new cases, 68 fewer hospitalizations and 24 more deaths from Friday.
Our local viewing area saw 36 new cases and 2 deaths from Friday. Hertford County reported the highest case increase with 8 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death.
A total of 2,581,132 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 512 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 104 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 272 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 135 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 253 | -1 | 2 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 106 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 636 | 8 | 24 | 1 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 375 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 622 | 6 | 26 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 158 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 3,173 | 36 | 88 | 2 |