The state health department has confirmed 17 more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the statewide death toll to 613.
The patients were:
· Woman in her 70s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 60s from Burleigh County.
· Woman in her 60s from Burleigh County.
· Man in his 80s from Burleigh County.
· Man in his 30s from Cass County.
· Woman in her 80s from Cass County.
· Man in his 90s from Cass County.
· Woman in her 90s from Dickey County.
· Woman in her 60s from Dickey County.
· Man in his 80s from LaMoure County.
· Woman in her 100s from Walsh County.
· Woman in her 80s from Wells County.
· Man in his 70s from Ward County.
· Man in his 90s from Ward County.
· Woman in her 80s from Ward County.
· Woman in her 90s from Ward County.
· Woman in her 80s from Ward County.
1,764 new individuals from 45 counties have also tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the new statewide positive total to 51,602.
These results were from a pool of 12,195 tests for a daily positive rate of 15.57 percent.
The cases broken down by county are:
· Adams County - 1
· Barnes County - 12
· Benson County – 11
· Bottineau County – 5
· Bowman County - 2
· Burke County - 3
· Burleigh County - 242
· Cass County - 239
· Cavalier County - 5
· Dickey County – 30
· Dunn County – 1
· Eddy County – 4
· Emmons County - 3
· Foster County – 9
· Grand Forks County - 336
· Grant County – 1
· Griggs County – 4
· Hettinger County - 2
· Kidder County - 5
· LaMoure County – 6
· McHenry County – 10
· McIntosh County - 1
· McKenzie County - 10
· McLean County - 20
· Mercer County - 9
· Morton County - 61
· Mountrail County - 26
· Nelson County – 14
· Oliver County - 2
· Pembina County - 17
· Pierce County - 10
· Ramsey County – 15
· Renville County - 7
· Richland County - 10
· Rolette County – 70
· Sargent County - 3
· Sioux County - 3
· Stark County – 27
· Stutsman County - 98
· Towner County - 4
· Traill County - 14
· Walsh County - 40
· Ward County – 310
· Wells County - 2
· Williams County – 60
923,087 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 305,665 unique individuals have been tested.
According to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard, 238 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 375 individuals are hospitalized with the virus. There have been 1,817 hospitalizations total.
Since yesterday 878 individuals have been confirmed as recovered, bringing the recovered total to 41,175. This leaves 9,814 active confirmed cases.
