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 1,174,508 PCR positive cases and 215,981 antigen positive cases, 3,010 people hospitalized and 16,444 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 4,789 new total cases and 159 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 17,683,120 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 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 | 1,390,489 | 4,789 | 16,444 | 159 | 3,010 | -63 | 9.60% | 17,683,120 | 48,555 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 2,349 | 9 | 49 | 1 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 1,022 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 2,173 | 1 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 2,493 | 13 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 3,547 | 11 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 985 | 7 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,656 | 5 | 69 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,467 | 5 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 4,630 | 12 | 95 | 1 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,419 | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 23,741 | 75 | 384 | 2 |