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North Carolina reports 6,168 new COVID-19 cases, 130 deaths as hospitalizations continue to fall

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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.

As of Saturday, there are now 672,774 PCR positive cases and 79,853 antigen positive cases, 2,883 people hospitalized and 9,287 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 6,168 new total cases and 130 additional deaths from Friday. Hospitalizations in North Carolina also dipped Saturday as there were 165 less hospitalizations reported.

A total of 8,802,799 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.

Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:

TOTAL CASESNEW CASES TODAYTOTAL DEATHSNEW DEATHS TODAY
NC STATE TOTALS752,6276,1689,287130
BERTIE COUNTY1,5197350
CAMDEN COUNTY4651050
CHOWAN COUNTY1,20717200
CURRITUCK COUNTY1,10315130
DARE COUNTY1,6742160
GATES COUNTY54315120
HERTFORD COUNTY1,79111550
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY1,50513270
PASQUOTANK COUNTY2,67043732
PERQUIMANS COUNTY7681250
LOCAL TOTALS13,2451642512