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 419,231 PCR positive cases and 32,643 antigen positive cases, 2,811 people hospitalized and 5,979 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,273 new total cases and 98 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 6,106,202 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,073 | 10 | 25 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 235 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 733 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 513 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| DARE COUNTY | 812 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 294 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,169 | 13 | 42 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 939 | 11 | 27 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 1,356 | 9 | 37 | 1 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 423 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 7,547 | 82 | 179 | 2 |