CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina health officials reported a new hospitalization record for new COVID-19 infections Saturday, announcing over 2,846 people hospitalized. The previous record was set Friday at 2,824.
Hospitalizations have continued to rise for the last three weeks.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services also reported 6,164 new coronavirus cases Saturday, which is down from the single-day record of 8,444 cases reported Friday.
There has been a total of 472,268 COVID-19 cases in the state, and 6,184 deaths related to the virus.
As of Saturday, 6,231,842 tests had been completed in the NC, and the percent of positive tests is 11.3%.
Mecklenburg County's daily COVID-19 cases have more than doubled in one month's time, based on new data released by health officials Saturday.
County health officials announced Saturday there are currently 55,534 cases of the coronavirus with 513 deaths associated with COVID-19. Mecklenburg County has averaged 626 new cases each day during the past week; that's up from the 14-day average of 595 lab-confirmed cases.