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North Carolina reports 1,877 new PCR positive COVID-19 tests, 8 additional deaths after seeing spike in cases over weekend

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Posted at 12:09 PM, Nov 16, 2020
and last updated 2020-11-16 12:09:43-05

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.

As of Monday, there are now 299,061 PCR positive cases and 15,146 antigen positive cases, 1,424 people hospitalized and 4,814 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 1,877 new PCR cases, 95 new antigen cases and 8 additional deaths from Sunday.

A total of 4,644,683 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.

Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:

11/16/2020TOTAL PCR CASESNEW PCR CASES TODAYTOTAL DEATHSNEW DEATHS TODAY
NC STATE TOTALS299,0611,8774,8148
BERTIE COUNTY7994210
CAMDEN COUNTY160230
CHOWAN COUNTY5731180
CURRITUCK COUNTY280440
DARE COUNTY5381530
GATES COUNTY186250
HERTFORD COUNTY9175380
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY6809220
PASQUOTANK COUNTY9977350
PERQUIMANS COUNTY292440
LOCAL TOTALS5,422601530