The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Friday, there are now 906,180 PCR positive cases and 164,957 antigen positive cases, 1,715 people hospitalized and 13,736 COVID-19-related deaths.
That is 4,506 new total cases and 12 new deaths from Thursday.
A month ago, North Carolina reported just 391 people hospitalized for COVID-19.
A total of 14,618,253 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
The percent of positive COVID-19 tests statewide is 10.6%.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 1,071,137 | 4,506 | 13,736 | 12 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,832 | 5 | 45 | 0 |
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 709 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 1,566 | 8 | 37 | 0 |
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 1,691 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| DARE COUNTY | 2,474 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| GATES COUNTY | 772 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,151 | 2 | 64 | 0 |
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 1,942 | 1 | 61 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 3,547 | 9 | 87 | 0 |
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,074 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| LOCAL TOTALS | 17,758 | 58 | 350 | 0 |