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 1,032,236 PCR positive cases and 188,666 antigen positive cases, 3,757 people hospitalized and 14,529 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 7,248 new total cases and 61 additional deaths from Tuesday.
A total of 15,914,916 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 9/1/2021 | 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 | 1,220,902 | 7,248 | 14,529 | 61 | 3,757 | 145 | 13.80% | 15,914,916 | 56,498 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 2,069 | 13 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 804 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,784 | 9 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,991 | 21 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 3,045 | 33 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 857 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,360 | 13 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,116 | 9 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,934 | 14 | 89 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,204 | 3 | 11 | 0 |