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 596,770 PCR positive cases and 63,070 antigen positive cases, 3,916 people hospitalized and 7,933 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 8,914 new total cases and 108 additional deaths from Thursday.
A total of 7,874,642 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 | COMPLETED TESTS | NEW TESTS COMPLETED SINCE YESTERDAY | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 659,840 | 8,914 | 7,933 | 108 | 3,916 | -74 | 11.20% | 7,874,642 | 86,135 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,402 | 11 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 400 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 996 | 8 | 20 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 887 | 18 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 1,403 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 455 | 7 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,608 | 17 | 53 | 1 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,296 | 18 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 2,310 | 48 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 671 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 11,428 | 161 | 226 | 2 |