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 1,026,631 PCR positive cases and 187,023 antigen positive cases, 3,612 people hospitalized and 14,468 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,351 new total cases and 56 additional deaths from Monday.
A total of 15,858,418 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 | CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED | CHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS | PERCENT POSITIVITY | COMPLETED TESTS | NEW TESTS COMPLETED SINCE YESTERDAY | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 1,213,654 | 5,351 | 14,468 | 56 | 3,612 | 103 | 14.60% | 15,858,418 | 41,306 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 2,056 | 8 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 801 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,775 | 6 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,970 | 20 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 3,012 | 19 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 852 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,347 | 12 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,107 | 6 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,920 | 13 | 89 | 1 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,201 | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 20,041 | 98 | 357 | 1 |