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 962,253 PCR positive cases and 176,010 antigen positive cases, v people hospitalized and 14,005 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 7,020 new total cases and 53 additional deaths from Wednesday. This is the first time since February 3 that the state has seen over 7,000 new cases in 24 hours.
A total of 15,211,111 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 | 1,138,263 | 7,020 | 14,005 | 53 | 3,083 | 153 | 12.30% |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,913 | 9 | 46 | 0 | |||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 741 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,654 | 8 | 37 | 0 | |||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,798 | 15 | 17 | 0 | |||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,733 | 12 | 10 | 0 | |||
| GATES COUNTY | 811 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,237 | 5 | 65 | 0 | |||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,014 | 5 | 62 | 0 | |||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,696 | 4 | 88 | 0 | |||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,123 | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 18,720 | 78 | 356 | 0 |