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North Carolina reports more than 3K new COVID-19 cases; Currituck Co. reports highest local increase

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Posted at 1:09 PM, Feb 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-17 13:09:09-05

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 728,776 PCR positive cases and 100,731 antigen positive cases, 1,954 people hospitalized and 10,670 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 3,167 new total cases and 108 additional deaths from Tuesday.

A total of 9,719,476 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 TOTALS829,5073,16710,670108
BERTIE COUNTY1,5980390
CAMDEN COUNTY5421050
CHOWAN COUNTY1,3277210
CURRITUCK COUNTY1,28513140
DARE COUNTY1,819-180
GATES COUNTY6325120
HERTFORD COUNTY1,8986560
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY1,6490280
PASQUOTANK COUNTY2,9548740
PERQUIMANS COUNTY856260
LOCAL TOTALS14,560502630