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North Carolina reports 1,865 new COVID-19 cases following Friday's record single-day case increase

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Posted at 12:36 PM, Oct 17, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-17 12:41:35-04

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 235,597 cases, 1,140 people hospitalized and 3,882 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 1,865 new cases, 8 fewer hospitalizations and 18 additional deaths from Friday.

31 cases were reported in local areas, with Bertie County and Pasquotank County reporting 10 cases each. No deaths were reported locally for Saturday.

A total of 3,574,444 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.

TOTAL CASESNEW CASES TODAYTOTAL DEATHSNEW DEATHS TODAY
BERTIE COUNTY68410130
CAMDEN COUNTY131030
CHOWAN COUNTY4864100
CURRITUCK COUNTY215140
DARE COUNTY320130
GATES COUNTY160030
HERTFORD COUNTY8381340
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY5162180
PASQUOTANK COUNTY81610330
PERQUIMANS COUNTY223230
LOCAL TOTALS4,389311240