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 308,548 PCR positive cases and 16,610 antigen positive cases, 1,538 people hospitalized and 4,936 COVID-19 related deaths. With PCR and antigen cases combined, North Carolina is now reporting 320,862 total COVID-19 cases.
That is 4,296 new cases and 38 additional deaths from Wednesday.
Local areas reported 46 new cases and 3 deaths, with Dare County seeing the highest daily increase of 13 cases.
A total of 4,769,653 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 | 325,158 | 4,296 | 4,936 | 38 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 820 | 8 | 22 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 165 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 578 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 297 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| DARE COUNTY | 567 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| GATES COUNTY | 188 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 928 | 1 | 39 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 701 | 11 | 23 | 1 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 1,009 | 2 | 35 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 304 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 5,557 | 46 | 157 | 3 |