The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving coronavirus cases within the state.
As of Sunday, there are now 44,119 cases, 798 people hospitalized and 1,109 coronavirus related deaths.
That is 1,443 new cases and 5 additional deaths from Saturday.
A total of 627,130 people in North Carolina have now been tested. 15,440 new tests were counted in Sunday's total.
This is the fifth day in a row that North Carolina saw over 1,000 new coronavirus cases.