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Nine deaths; 471 new coronavirus cases

Nine more North Dakotans have passed away with the novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide death toll to 212.

 

The patients were a woman in her 70s from Benson County; a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s from Burleigh County; a man in his 90s, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s from Morton County; and a man in his 90s and a woman in her 60s from Ward County. 

 

All but the man from Ward County had underlying health conditions. 

 

Additionally, 471 new individuals from 37 counties have tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the new statewide positive total to 19,451.

 

These results were from a pool of 7,022 tests for a daily positive rate of 7.09 percent.

 

The cases broken down by county are:

 

  • Barnes County - 11
  • Benson County – 2
  • Bottineau County – 12
  • Burke County - 1
  • Burleigh County - 118
  • Cass County – 78
  • Divide County - 1
  • Eddy County - 8
  • Emmons County – 12
  • Grand Forks County – 29
  • Grant County – 1
  • Hettinger County - 1
  • LaMoure County - 6
  • Logan County – 4
  • McHenry County - 1
  • McKenzie County - 10
  • McLean County - 1
  • Mercer County - 9
  • Morton County – 43
  • Mountrail County - 4
  • Nelson County – 2
  • Pembina County – 7
  • Ramsey County – 8
  • Ransom County – 1
  • Renville County – 5
  • Richland County – 9
  • Rolette County - 3
  • Sargent County – 4
  • Sheridan County - 1
  • Sioux County - 1
  • Stark County – 31
  • Stutsman County – 5
  • Towner County - 2
  • Traill County – 5
  • Walsh County - 5
  • Ward County – 18
  • Williams County – 12

 

603,207 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 233,113 unique individuals have been tested.

 

89 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. There have been 777 hospitalizations total.

 

There have been 15,757 recoveries. This leaves 3,482 active confirmed cases.

 

 

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