NORTH CAROLINA, USA — North Carolina health officials reported 2,585 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a record for the pandemic, according to CBS affiliate WBTV.
According to WBTV, 165,076 people have now tested positive for the virus across the state.
The station reported an additional 31 more virus-related deaths were reported in North Carolina and said there are currently 965 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state.
Per the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 2,218,149 tests had been completed in the state by Saturday.
The station said NCDHHS reported of the more than 145,000 cases reported statewide at that time Aug. 17, nearly 128,000 people were presumed to have recovered.
According to WBTV, NCDHHS announced corrections Aug. 12 to the state’s daily and cumulative completed COVID-19 test counts after discovering a discrepancy in testing data that had been submitted by LabCorp.
"Although this reporting error impacts our count of total tests completed, it does not alter our key metrics or change our understanding of COVID-19 transmission in North Carolina, which shows stabilization over the last few weeks," said NCDHHS secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D.
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