The state health department has confirmed 29 more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the statewide death toll to 596.
The patients were:
· Man in his 50s from Benson County.
· Woman in her 70s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 60s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 90s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 40s from Cass County.
· Man in his 80s from Dickey County.
· Man in his 80s from Dickey County.
· Man in his 70s from Grand Forks County.
· Man in his 50s from Grand Forks County.
· Man in his 80s from Grand Forks County.
· Woman in her 90s from Hettinger County.
· Man in his 70s from Kidder County.
· Man in his 70s from Morton County.
· Man in his 80s from Morton County.
· Woman in her 90s from Nelson County.
· Man in his 80s from Pierce County.
· Woman in her 80s from Towner County.
· Man in his 80s from Traill County.
· Woman in her 50s from Traill County.
· Man in his 80s from Traill County.
· Woman in her 100s from Ward County.
· Man in his 90s from Ward County.
· Man in his 80s from Ward County.
· Woman in her 90s from Ward County.
· Man in his 60s from Ward County.
· Man in his 80s from Ward County.
· Woman in her 30s from Ward County.
· Woman in her 60s from Ward County.
· Man in his 80s from Williams County.
1,540 new individuals from 47 counties have also tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the new statewide positive total to 49,837.
These results were from a pool of 9,723 tests for a daily positive rate of 17.15 percent.
The cases broken down by county are:
· Adams County - 4
· Barnes County - 30
· Benson County – 14
· Billings County - 1
· Bottineau County - 9
· Burke County - 5
· Burleigh County - 214
· Cass County - 266
· Cavalier County - 19
· Dickey County – 12
· Divide County – 3
· Dunn County – 5
· Eddy County – 14
· Emmons County - 2
· Foster County – 12
· Golden Valley County - 2
· Grand Forks County - 101
· Grant County – 2
· Griggs County – 6
· Hettinger County - 3
· Kidder County - 1
· LaMoure County – 4
· McHenry County – 12
· McIntosh County - 2
· McKenzie County - 14
· McLean County - 19
· Mercer County - 13
· Morton County - 84
· Mountrail County - 25
· Nelson County – 6
· Oliver County - 3
· Pembina County - 37
· Pierce County - 18
· Ramsey County - 38
· Ransom County – 9
· Richland County - 20
· Rolette County – 21
· Sargent County - 7
· Sioux County - 7
· Stark County – 64
· Steele County - 2
· Stutsman County - 64
· Towner County - 8
· Traill County - 24
· Walsh County - 48
· Ward County - 221
· Williams County – 45
910,816 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 302,970 unique individuals have been tested.
According to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard, 231 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 366 individuals are hospitalized with the virus. There have been 1,776 hospitalizations total.
Since yesterday 854 individuals have been confirmed as recovered, bringing the recovered total to 40,017. This leaves 9,224 active confirmed cases.
