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 696,096 PCR positive cases and 91,253 antigen positive cases, 2,523 people hospitalized and 9,841 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,547 new total cases and 113 additional deaths from Thursday.
Hospitalizations in North Carolina also dipped Friday as there were 107 fewer hospitalizations reported.
A total of 9,148,199 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 | 787,349 | 5,547 | 9,841 | 113 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,554 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 482 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,253 | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,145 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 1,740 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| GATES COUNTY | 568 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,828 | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,600 | 6 | 27 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 2,767 | 10 | 74 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 783 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 13,720 | 47 | 255 | 1 |