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 1,151,235 PCR positive cases and 211,703 antigen positive cases, 3,321 people hospitalized and 16,012 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,953 new total cases and 71 additional deaths from Wednesday.
A total of 17,333,821 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 9/23/2021 | 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 | 1,362,938 | 5,953 | 16,012 | 71 | 3,231 | -169 | 9.10% | 17,333,821 | 65,400 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 2,303 | 10 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 977 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 2,119 | 13 | 38 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 2,393 | 15 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 3,484 | 19 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 950 | 6 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,618 | 18 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,430 | 14 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 4,452 | 19 | 93 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,384 | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 23,110 | 127 | 374 | 0 |