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Health department confirms 178 new COVID-19 cases; active cases nearing 1,000

ND Dept of Health

The state health department has confirmed another 178 new cases of COVID-19.

According to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard, 178 new individuals from 26 counties have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the new statewide positive total to 113,063.

These results were from a pool of 3,730 tests for a daily positive rate of 4.96 percent.

89 of those positives were PCR tests, and 89 were antigen tests.

The cases broken down by county are:

2,145,356 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 458,706 unique individuals have been tested.

38 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19.

Since yesterday 131 individuals have been confirmed as recovered, bringing the recovered total to 110,559. This leaves 959 active confirmed cases.

Danielle Webster has been delivering news to Prairie Public's statewide radio audience since 2006. She is Prairie Public's local host of All Things Considered, hosting newscasts on weekday afternoons from 3-6pm. You can contact Danielle at dwebster@prairiepublic.org.
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