The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Thursday, there are now 998,565 PCR positive cases and 182,626 antigen positive cases, 3,552 people hospitalized and 14,272 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 8,620 new total cases and 60 additional deaths from Wednesday.
A total of 15,581,119 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 | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 1,181,191 | 8,620 | 14,272 | 60 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,993 | 20 | 46 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 773 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,725 | 20 | 37 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,882 | 19 | 17 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 2,901 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 842 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,305 | 25 | 65 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,069 | 9 | 62 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,809 | 13 | 88 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,166 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 19,465 | 156 | 356 | 0 |