The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Friday, there are now 431,219 PCR positive cases and 34,885 antigen positive cases, 2,824 people hospitalized and 6,125 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 8,444 new total cases and 60 additional deaths from Thursday, marking a new record high for single-day case increases in the state.
172 cases were reported locally, with Pasquotank County reporting the highest increase at 69 cases.
A total of 6,231,842 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 | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,096 | 16 | 27 | 1 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 245 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 748 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 540 | 18 | 9 | 1 |
| DARE COUNTY | 831 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 308 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,204 | 23 | 44 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 950 | 3 | 27 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 1,457 | 69 | 38 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 435 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 7,814 | 172 | 187 | 2 |