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 952,598 PCR positive cases and 173,389 antigen positive cases, 2,828 people hospitalized and 13,895 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 3,575 new total cases and 15 additional deaths from Monday.
A total of 15,102,574 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 8/16/2021 | 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 | 1,125,987 | 3,575 | 13,895 | 15 | 2,828 | 177 | 13.50% | 15,102,574 | 29,454 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,896 | 4 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 734 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,636 | 3 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,777 | 6 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,706 | 23 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 800 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,221 | 6 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,999 | 5 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,662 | 9 | 87 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,113 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 18,544 | 63 | 353 | 0 |