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 258,319 cases, 1,181 people hospitalized and 4,283 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 2,626 new cases, 12 fewer hospitalizations and 38 additional deaths from Wednesday.
Local areas reported 26 new cases and 2 new deaths, with Pasquotank County reporting the area's highest case increase of 8 new cases.
A total of 3,950,641 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's a breakdown of cases in our local viewing area:
| TOTAL PCR CASES | NEW PCR CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 729 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 137 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 532 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 224 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 373 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 168 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 854 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 566 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 881 | 8 | 35 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 251 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 4,715 | 26 | 136 | 2 |