The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Monday, there are now 815,637 PCR positive cases and 133,729 antigen positive cases, 1,096 people hospitalized and 12,418 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,673 new total cases and 31 additional deaths from Friday.
A total of 11,968,084 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 4/19/2021 | 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 | 949,366 | 5,673 | 12,418 | 31 | 1,096 | 32 | 6.80% | 11,968,084 | 93,139 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,727 | 9 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 639 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,426 | 13 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,493 | 6 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,049 | 13 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 721 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,051 | 7 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,846 | 11 | 42 | 3 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,245 | 11 | 80 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 970 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 16,167 | 86 | 299 | 3 |