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 1,182,462 PCR positive cases and 217,755 antigen positive cases, 2,882 people hospitalized and 16,605 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 4,963 new total cases and 81 additional deaths from Thursday.
A total of 17,812,784 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
10/1/2021 | 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 | 1,400,217 | 4,963 | 16,605 | 81 | 2,882 | -61 | 7.90% | 17,812,784 | 66,260 |
BERTIE COUNTY | 2,364 | 5 | 49 | 0 | |||||
CAMDEN COUNTY | 1,032 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||
CHOWAN COUNTY | 2,190 | 9 | 40 | 0 | |||||
CURRITUCK COUNTY | 2,520 | 11 | 24 | 0 | |||||
DARE COUNTY | 3,568 | 11 | 12 | 0 | |||||
GATES COUNTY | 989 | 4 | 17 | 0 | |||||
HERTFORD COUNTY | 2,672 | 5 | 69 | 0 | |||||
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 2,484 | 7 | 62 | 0 | |||||
PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 4,677 | 18 | 95 | 0 | |||||
PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 1,436 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||
LOCAL TOTALS | 23,932 | 80 | 387 | 0 |