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 931,120 PCR positive cases and 169,666 antigen positive cases, 2,409 people hospitalized and 13,806 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,900 new total cases and 16 additional deaths from Wednesday.
This is the first time North Carolina saw over 5,000 cases in 24 hours since February 5.
A total of 14,877,796 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 | CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED | CHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS | PERCENT POSITIVITY | COMPLETED TESTS | NEW TESTS COMPLETED SINCE YESTERDAY | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 1,100,786 | 5,900 | 13,806 | 16 | 2,409 | 105 | 11.30% | 14,877,796 | 79,733 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,858 | 8 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 719 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,599 | 4 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,738 | 5 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,601 | 14 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 784 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,180 | 11 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,965 | 7 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,620 | 23 | 87 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,093 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 18,157 | 81 | 350 | 0 |