The state health department has confirmed twelve more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the statewide death toll to 567.
The patients were:
· Man in his 70s from Barnes County.
· Man in his 70s from Cass County.
· Man in his 90s from Dickey County.
· Man in his 90s from Logan County.
· Man in his 80s from McHenry County.
· Man in his 90s from Nelson County.
· Man in his 70s from Pembina County.
· Man in his 80s from Pierce County.
· Man in his 70s from Ransom County.
· Man in his 80s from Towner County.
· Man in his 70s from Walsh County.
· Man in his 80s from Walsh County.
1,116 new individuals from 46 counties have also tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the new statewide positive total to 48,301.
These results were from a pool of 8,377 tests for a daily positive rate of 14.15 percent.
The cases broken down by county are:
· Adams County - 6
· Barnes County - 12
· Benson County – 9
· Bottineau County - 7
· Bowman County – 4
· Burke County - 4
· Burleigh County - 134
· Cass County - 262
· Cavalier County - 21
· Dickey County – 9
· Divide County – 8
· Dunn County – 4
· Eddy County – 9
· Emmons County - 1
· Foster County - 6
· Grand Forks County - 67
· Grant County - 4
· Kidder County - 2
· LaMoure County – 7
· Logan County - 2
· McHenry County - 5
· McKenzie County - 15
· McLean County - 8
· Mercer County - 20
· Morton County - 41
· Mountrail County - 14
· Nelson County – 3
· Oliver County - 2
· Pembina County - 9
· Pierce County - 6
· Ramsey County - 28
· Ransom County – 7
· Renville County - 2
· Richland County - 31
· Rolette County – 50
· Sargent County - 5
· Sioux County - 4
· Stark County – 15
· Steele County - 2
· Stutsman County - 74
· Towner County - 6
· Traill County - 14
· Walsh County - 70
· Ward County - 71
· Wells County - 13
· Williams County – 23
901,043 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 301,081 unique individuals have been tested.
According to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard, 220 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 352 individuals are hospitalized with the virus. There have been 1,738 hospitalizations total.
Since yesterday 773 individuals have been confirmed as recovered, bringing the recovered total to 39,163. This leaves 8,571 active confirmed cases.
