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 896,612 PCR positive cases and 162,275 antigen positive cases, 1,465 people hospitalized and 13,679 COVID-19-related deaths.
That is 2,188 new total cases and 9 new deaths from Monday.
A total of 14,497,850 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide is 10.8%.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 8/3/2021 | 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 | 1,058,887 | 2,188 | 13,679 | 9 | 1,465 | 106 | 10.80% | 14,497,850 | 20,231 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,817 | 1 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 709 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,554 | 3 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,663 | 5 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,419 | 10 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 764 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,140 | 3 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,937 | 1 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,522 | 4 | 87 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,065 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 17,590 | 29 | 350 | 0 |