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North Carolina sees high COVID-19 cases for second day after significant drop earlier in the week

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Posted at 3:45 PM, Oct 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-10-06 15:45:14-04

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.

As of Wednesday, there are now 1,196,620 PCR positive cases and 220,583 antigen positive cases, 2,586 people hospitalized and 16.945 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 6,301 new total cases and 226 additional deaths from Monday. This is two day's worth of data as News 3 did not report numbers Tuesday.

A total of 18,052,926 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.

Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:

10/6/2021TOTAL CASESNEW CASES TODAYTOTAL DEATHSNEW DEATHS TODAYCURRENTLY HOSPITALIZEDCHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONSPERCENT POSITIVITYCOMPLETED TESTSNEW TESTS COMPLETED SINCE YESTERDAY
NC STATE TOTALS1,417,2036,30116,9452262,586-1049.20%18,052,92679,170
BERTIE COUNTY2,3829490
CAMDEN COUNTY1,0601480
CHOWAN COUNTY2,2051400
CURRITUCK COUNTY2,57516251
DARE COUNTY3,5987120
GATES COUNTY1,01310170
HERTFORD COUNTY2,69310690
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY2,5139620
PASQUOTANK COUNTY4,77336981
PERQUIMANS COUNTY1,4578150
LOCAL TOTALS24,2691203952

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