The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Wednesday, there are now 991,433 PCR positive cases and 181,138 antigen positive cases, 3,503 people hospitalized and 14,212 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 6,130 new total cases and 60 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 15,509,493 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 8/23/2021 | 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 | 1,172,571 | 6,130 | 14,212 | 60 | 3,503 | 161 | 13.50% | 15,509,493 | 48,510 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,973 | 8 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 771 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,705 | 11 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,863 | 9 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,878 | 15 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 829 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,280 | 4 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,060 | 3 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,796 | 9 | 88 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,154 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 19,309 | 74 | 356 | 0 |