NewsCoronavirus

Actions

Percent of positive COVID-19 cases continues to decline in North Carolina as state reports 845 new cases since Sunday

rona generic 2.jpg
Posted at
and last updated

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

As of Monday, there are now 185,781 cases, 895 people hospitalized and 3,060 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 845 new cases, 64 additional hospitalizations and eight additional deaths from Sunday.

A total of 2,634,819 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.

The percent of positive COVID-19 tests in the state has been on a decline for five days. On September 9 it was at 6.3% and Sunday it was 4.8%.

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

BERTIE COUNTY515370
CAMDEN COUNTY107030
CHOWAN COUNTY281730
CURRITUCK COUNTY136000
DARE COUNTY258520
GATES COUNTY108030
HERTFORD COUNTY6413240
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY3878170
PASQUOTANK COUNTY6303260
PERQUIMANS COUNTY161030
LOCAL TOTALS3,22429880

Click here for full coronavirus coverage.