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North Carolina sees 7,187 new COVID-19 cases since Wednesday as hospitalization numbers decrease

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Posted at 12:34 PM, Jan 21, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-21 13:09:38-05

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 CASESNEW CASES TODAYTOTAL DEATHSNEW DEATHS TODAYCURRENTLY HOSPITALIZEDCHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONSPERCENT POSITIVITY
NC STATE TOTALS698,0997,1878,3391393,666-7411.80%
BERTIE COUNTY1,4448270
CAMDEN COUNTY429350
CHOWAN COUNTY1,0699200
CURRITUCK COUNTY9727130
DARE COUNTY1,5371460
GATES COUNTY4876120
HERTFORD COUNTY1,68912530
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY1,38314270
PASQUOTANK COUNTY2,44528651
PERQUIMANS COUNTY701750
LOCAL TOTALS12,1561082331

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