The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Tuesday, there are now 834,499 PCR positive cases and 140,801 antigen positive cases, 1,050 people hospitalized and 12,700 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 981 new total COVID-19 cases and 9 additional deaths from Monday.
A total of 12,520,328 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| 5/4/2021 | 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 | 975,300 | 981 | 12,700 | 9 | 1,050 | 43 | 6.70% | 12,520,328 | 15,391 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,757 | 1 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 659 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,455 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,529 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| DARE COUNTY | 2,087 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| GATES COUNTY | 733 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,084 | 2 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,868 | 1 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,314 | 4 | 80 | 0 | |||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 999 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 16,485 | 15 | 321 | 1 |