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 879,454 PCR positive cases and 157,919 antigen positive cases, 943 people hospitalized and 13,580 COVID-19-related deaths.
That is 5,444 new total cases and 10 new deaths from Friday.
A total of 14,276,891 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide is 8.60%, a nearly 2% increase from Friday.
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 | NEW TESTS COMPLETED SINCE YESTERDAY | |
NC STATE TOTALS | 1,037,373 | 5,444 | 13,580 | 10 | 943 | 126 | 8.60% | 14,276,891 | 68,910 |
BERTIE COUNTY | 1,808 | 2 | 45 | 0 | |||||
CAMDEN COUNTY | 701 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||
CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,534 | 9 | 35 | 0 | |||||
CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,618 | 10 | 16 | 0 | |||||
DARE COUNTY | 2,309 | 17 | 10 | 0 | |||||
GATES COUNTY | 756 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,129 | 1 | 64 | 0 | |||||
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,922 | 7 | 61 | 0 | |||||
PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,480 | 2 | 87 | 0 | |||||
PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,052 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |||||
LOCAL TOTALS | 17,309 | 53 | 348 | 0 | |||||