North Carolina this weekend surpassed 5,000 total COVID-19 deaths.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported the state on Saturday reached 5,005 coronavirus deaths and 332,261 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in March. Analysis by the Raleigh News & Observer found that almost 1,000 of those deaths were recorded in the past month.

The newspaper also reported the coronavirus death toll is five times the number of combined fatalities from every hurricane in North Carolina history. 

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