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North Carolina reports 2,208 new COVID-19 cases; Dare County reports highest local case increase

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Posted at 1:11 PM, Oct 18, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-18 13:11:29-04

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

As of Sunday, there are now 237,805 cases, 1,129 people hospitalized and 3,887 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 2,208 new cases, 11 fewer hospitalizations and 5 additional deaths from Friday.

51 cases were reported in local areas, with Dare County reporting the highest local case increase at 16. No deaths were reported locally for Sunday.

A total of 3,609,035 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.

TOTAL CASESNEW CASES TODAYTOTAL DEATHSNEW DEATHS TODAY
BERTIE COUNTY6928130
CAMDEN COUNTY133230
CHOWAN COUNTY4904100
CURRITUCK COUNTY216140
DARE COUNTY3361630
GATES COUNTY161130
HERTFORD COUNTY8451340
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY5248180
PASQUOTANK COUNTY8204330
PERQUIMANS COUNTY229630
LOCAL TOTALS4,446511240