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 161,076 cases, 958 people hospitalized and 2,630 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 2,091 new cases, 46 fewer hospitalizations and 24 additional deaths from Wednesday.
A total of 2,152,725 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
In our local areas there were a total of 52 new COVID-19 cases and 0 additional deaths. Bertie County reported the highest case increase with 13 new cases.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |||
| NC STATE TOTALS | 161,076 | 2,091 | 2,630 | 24 | ||
| BERTIE COUNTY | 385 | 13 | 5 | 0 | ||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 92 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 199 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DARE COUNTY | 239 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| GATES COUNTY | 76 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 491 | 5 | 14 | 0 | ||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 335 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 523 | 8 | 23 | 0 | ||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 120 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 2,554 | 52 | 70 | 0 |