The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Wednesday, there are now 926,455 PCR positive cases and 168,431 antigen positive cases, 2,304 people hospitalized and 13,790 COVID-19-related deaths.
That is 4,963 new total cases and 22 new deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 14,798,063 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide is 12.8%.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 8/9/2021 | 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 | 1,094,886 | 4,963 | 13,790 | 22 | 2,304 | 125 | 12.80% | 14,798,063 | 37,300 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,850 | 3 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 717 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,595 | 6 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,733 | 18 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,587 | 25 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 782 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,169 | 9 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,958 | 4 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,597 | 21 | 87 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,088 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 18,076 | 93 | 350 | 0 |