The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Tuesday, there are now 345,906 PCR positive cases and 21,489 antigen positive cases, 2,033 people hospitalized and 5,284 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 2,883 new total cases and 23 additional deaths from Monday.
A total of 5,322,548 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
North Carolina's statewide percent of positive COVID-19 tests jumped to 10.2% on Tuesday up from 905% and has risen every day for the last four days.
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 | |||
| NC STATE TOTALS | 367,395 | 2,883 | 5,284 | 23 | 2,033 | 67 | ||
| BERTIE COUNTY | 905 | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 188 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 644 | 7 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 332 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| DARE COUNTY | 654 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| GATES COUNTY | 220 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 993 | 1 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 825 | -1 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 1,122 | 18 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 352 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 6,235 | 37 | 166 | 0 |