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 936,563 PCR positive cases and 170,851 antigen positive cases, 2,483 people hospitalized and 13,826 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 6,628 new total cases and 20 additional deaths from Thursday.
A total of 14,937,163 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
This is the first time over 6,000 cases were reported in 24 hours since February.
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 | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 1,107,414 | 6,628 | 13,826 | 20 | 2,483 | 74 | 11.60% | 14,937,163 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,868 | 10 | 45 | 0 | ||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 724 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,602 | 3 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,744 | 6 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,609 | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| GATES COUNTY | 787 | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,193 | 13 | 64 | 0 | ||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,978 | 13 | 61 | 0 | ||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,630 | 10 | 87 | 0 | ||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,097 | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 18,232 | 75 | 351 | 1 |