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 874,993 PCR positive cases and 156,936 antigen positive cases, 817 people hospitalized and 13,570 COVID-19-related deaths.
That is 1,998 new total cases and 8 new deaths from Thursday.
A total of 14,207,981 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide is 6.70%, remaining the same from Thursday.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 7/23/2021 | 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 | 1,031,929 | 1,998 | 13,570 | 8 | 817 | 66 | 6.70% | 14,207,981 | 29,758 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,806 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 699 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,525 | 2 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,608 | 4 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,292 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 756 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,128 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,915 | 8 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,478 | 2 | 87 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,049 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 17,256 | 28 | 348 | 0 |