The state health department has confirmed fifteen more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the statewide death toll to 555.
The patients were:
· Man in his 50s from Benson County.
· Woman in her 90s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 90s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 90s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 80s from Cass County.
· Man in his 70s from Dickey County
· Man in his 80s from LaMoure County.
· Woman in her 80s from Pierce County.
· Man in his 80s from Rolette County.
· Man in his 90s from Stark County.
· Man in his 90s from Towner County.
· Woman in her 80s from Towner County.
· Man in his 80s from Ward County.
· Man in his 80s from Ward County.
· Man in his 90s from Wells County.
1,198 new individuals from 44 counties have also tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the new statewide positive total to 47,187.
These results were from a pool of 7,997 tests for a daily positive rate of 15.72 percent.
The cases broken down by county are:
· Adams County - 6
· Barnes County - 11
· Benson County – 2
· Bottineau County - 1
· Bowman County – 1
· Burke County - 5
· Burleigh County - 146
· Cass County - 176
· Cavalier County - 19
· Dickey County – 11
· Divide County – 3
· Dunn County – 2
· Eddy County – 2
· Foster County - 10
· Grand Forks County - 218
· Grant County - 1
· Griggs County - 2
· Kidder County - 2
· LaMoure County - 4
· McHenry County – 8
· McIntosh County - 1
· McKenzie County - 15
· McLean County - 13
· Mercer County - 5
· Morton County - 42
· Mountrail County - 14
· Nelson County - 4
· Pembina County - 11
· Pierce County - 4
· Ramsey County - 6
· Ransom County - 21
· Richland County - 18
· Rolette County – 41
· Sargent County - 2
· Sioux County - 13
· Stark County – 13
· Steele County - 3
· Stutsman County - 86
· Towner County - 4
· Traill County - 13
· Walsh County - 25
· Ward County - 182
· Wells County - 6
· Williams County - 26
892,557 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 299,490 unique individuals have been tested.
According to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard, 215 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 335 individuals are hospitalized with the virus. There have been 1,702 hospitalizations total.
Since yesterday 755 individuals have been confirmed as recovered, bringing the recovered total to 38,236. This leaves 8,396 active confirmed cases.
