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 174,254 cases, 955 people hospitalized and 2,839 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 2,045 new cases, 97 new hospitalizations and 36 more deaths from Thursday.
A total of 2,389,096 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 | |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 463 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 102 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 237 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 245 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 96 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 578 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 346 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 587 | 7 | 25 | 2 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 145 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 2,915 | 33 | 78 | 2 |