The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Thursday, there are now 273,173 PCR positive cases and 12,488 antigen positive cases, 1,193 people hospitalized and 4,548 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 2,498 new PCR cases, 361 new antigen cases and 41 additional deaths from Wednesday.
A total of 4,214,454 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| TOTAL PCR CASES | NEW PCR CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 744 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 144 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 546 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 238 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 414 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 172 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 878 | 5 | 35 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 607 | 5 | 22 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 916 | 7 | 35 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 266 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 4,925 | 24 | 146 | 1 |