The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Friday, there are now 838,341 PCR positive cases and 142,157 antigen positive cases, 1,006 people hospitalized and 12,780 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 1,932 new total COVID-19 cases and 42 additional deaths from Thursday.
A total of 12,632,520 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 5/7/2021 | 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 | 980,498 | 1,932 | 12,780 | 42 | 1,006 | -25 | 4.40% | 12,632,520 | 43,479 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,759 | -1 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 659 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,456 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,539 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,106 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 734 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,092 | 4 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,873 | 1 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,355 | 6 | 80 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,009 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 16,582 | 22 | 323 | 0 |