The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Thursday, there are now 692,010 PCR positive cases and 89,792 antigen positive cases, 2,630 people hospitalized and 9,728 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,495 new total cases and 150 additional deaths from Wednesday.
Hospitalizations in North Carolina also dipped Thursday as there were 76 fewer hospitalizations reported.
A total of 9,081,685 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 | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 781,802 | 5,495 | 9,728 | 150 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,551 | 6 | 35 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 478 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,247 | 11 | 21 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,142 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 1,738 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 561 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,823 | 4 | 55 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,594 | 5 | 27 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 2,757 | 15 | 74 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 782 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 13,673 | 85 | 254 | 0 |
