BREAKING NEWS: 91 North Carolinians are in the hospital fighting COVID-19, Six reported dead

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Sunday afternoon, The North Carolina Beat learned that 91 North Carolinians are in the hospital fighting COVID-19.

Health officials say 1,104 have been tested positive and six people have died.

• Cabarrus County (2 Deaths)
• Buncombe County (1 Death)
• Rowan County (1 Death)
• Harnett County (1 Death)
• Johnston County (1 Death)

The state is up 81 cases from 1,023 reported Saturday.

New cases include Currituck and Alleghany counties. 

Six people have now died from COVID-19 complications in Rowan, Cabarrus, Harnett, Johnston, and Buncombe counties, according to state officials.