227 new COVID-19 cases, two additional deaths

The state health department has confirmed two more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the statewide death toll to 1,357.

The patients were: 

• Woman in her 50s from Rolette County.
• Woman in her 60s from Stutsman County.

 
Deaths are reported to the state health department by facilities or by official death record, and can take up to ten days to be confirmed. 

227 new individuals from 31 counties have tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the new statewide positive total to 95,135.

These results were from a pool of 7,880 tests for a daily positive rate of 3.33 percent.

162 of those positives were PCR tests, and 65 were antigen tests.

The cases broken down by county are: 

·         Adams County – 4

·         Benson County - 1

·         Bottineau County - 1

·         Burleigh County - 26

·         Cass County – 42

·         Dickey County - 2

·         Emmons County – 1

·         Foster County - 1

·         Grand Forks County – 13

·         Griggs County - 1

·         Hettinger County – 1

·         McHenry County – 1

·         McIntosh County - 1

·         McKenzie County – 4

·         Mercer County - 2

·         Morton County – 15

·         Mountrail County - 3

·         Nelson County – 2

·         Pembina County – 3

·         Ramsey County – 5

·         Ransom County - 4

·         Richland County – 1

·         Rolette County – 22

·         Stark County – 11

·         Stutsman County – 6

·         Traill County – 4

·         Walsh County - 5

·         Ward County – 29

·         Wells County - 2

·         Williams County - 14

1,425,429 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 385,019 unique individuals have been tested.

72 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19.

Since yesterday 172 individuals have been confirmed as recovered, bringing the recovered total to 92,029. This leaves 1,749 active confirmed cases.