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 628,562 PCR positive cases and 69,537 antigen positive cases, 3,666 people hospitalized and 8,339 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 7,187 new total cases and 139 additional deaths from Wednesday.
A total of 8,240,694 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 | CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED | CHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS | PERCENT POSITIVITY | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 698,099 | 7,187 | 8,339 | 139 | 3,666 | -74 | 11.80% |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,444 | 8 | 27 | 0 | |||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 429 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,069 | 9 | 20 | 0 | |||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 972 | 7 | 13 | 0 | |||
| DARE COUNTY | 1,537 | 14 | 6 | 0 | |||
| GATES COUNTY | 487 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,689 | 12 | 53 | 0 | |||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,383 | 14 | 27 | 0 | |||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 2,445 | 28 | 65 | 1 | |||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 701 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 12,156 | 108 | 233 | 1 |