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North Carolina reports 2,498 new COVID-19 cases; State's test percent positivity falls to 6.6%

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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 273,173 PCR positive cases and 12,488 antigen positive cases, 1,193 people hospitalized and 4,548 COVID-19 related deaths.

That is 2,498 new PCR cases, 361 new antigen cases and 41 additional deaths from Wednesday.

A total of 4,214,454 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.

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

TOTAL PCR CASESNEW PCR CASES TODAYTOTAL DEATHSNEW DEATHS TODAY
BERTIE COUNTY7441210
CAMDEN COUNTY144030
CHOWAN COUNTY5460161
CURRITUCK COUNTY238640
DARE COUNTY4141430
GATES COUNTY172030
HERTFORD COUNTY8785350
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY6075220
PASQUOTANK COUNTY9167350
PERQUIMANS COUNTY266040
LOCAL TOTALS4,925241461