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 920,190 PCR positive cases and 166,748 antigen positive cases, 1,946 people hospitalized and 13,759 COVID-19-related deaths.
That is 15,801 new total cases and 23 new deaths from Friday.
A total of 14,740,109 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide is 11.1%.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 8/9/2021 | 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 | 1,086,938 | 15,801 | 13,759 | 23 | 1,946 | 231 | 11.10% | 14,740,109 | 121,856 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,845 | 13 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 714 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,587 | 21 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,714 | 23 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,548 | 74 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 779 | 7 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,158 | 7 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,951 | 9 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,567 | 20 | 87 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,082 | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 17,945 | 187 | 350 | 0 |