North Carolina reports nearly 2K new COVID-19 cases, 42 additional deaths in a day
and last updated 2021-05-07 16:20:56-04 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 838,341 PCR positive cases and 142,157 antigen positive cases, 1,006 people hospitalized and 12,780 COVID-19 related deaths. That is 1,932 new total COVID-19 cases and 42 additional deaths from Thursday. A total of 12,632,520 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina. Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas: 5/7/2021