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 353,966 PCR positive cases and 23,265 antigen positive cases, 2,101 people hospitalized and 5,410 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,637 new total cases and 44 additional deaths from Wednesday, marking a record case increase for the state.
A total of 5,409,434 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
North Carolina's statewide percent of positive COVID-19 tests dropped to 10.1% on Thursday down from 11.4% after riseing every day for the last six days.
Here's a breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 377,231 | 5,637 | 5,410 | 44 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 925 | 13 | 25 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 191 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 655 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 343 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 678 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 224 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,005 | 11 | 41 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 851 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 1,129 | 6 | 35 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 357 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 6,358 | 80 | 168 | 1 |