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ND Health Department confirms five additional deaths, 461 new COVID-19 cases

Five more North Dakotans have passed away with the novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide death toll to 219.

 

The patients were a man in his 90s and a woman in her 80s from Burleigh County; a man in his 90s from Morton County; a woman in her 60s, a woman in her 90s and a woman in her 80s from Stark County; and a man in his 70s and a woman in her 70s from Ward County. They each had underlying health conditions.

 

Additionally, 436 new individuals from 39 counties have tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the new statewide positive total to 19,885.

 

These results were from a pool of 5,814 tests for a daily positive rate of 7.97 percent.

 

The cases broken down by county are:

 

  • Adams County - 1
  • Barnes County - 2
  • Benson County – 14
  • Bottineau County – 1
  • Bowman County - 2
  • Burke County - 1
  • Burleigh County - 34
  • Cass County – 57
  • Dickey County – 10
  • Dunn County - 4
  • Eddy County - 3
  • Emmons County – 4
  • Foster County – 2
  • Golden Valley County - 2
  • Grand Forks County – 48
  • Grant County – 1
  • Griggs County - 1
  • Hettinger County - 3
  • Logan County – 1
  • McKenzie County - 9
  • McLean County - 8
  • Mercer County - 6
  • Morton County – 23
  • Mountrail County - 5
  • Nelson County – 2
  • Pembina County – 2
  • Ramsey County – 8
  • Ransom County – 4
  • Renville County – 6
  • Richland County – 1
  • Rolette County - 4
  • Sargent County – 9
  • Sioux County - 2
  • Stark County – 101
  • Stutsman County – 1
  • Traill County – 3
  • Walsh County - 6
  • Ward County – 9
  • Williams County – 36

 

609,021 total tests have been administered for the novel coronavirus. 234,634 unique individuals have been tested.

 

89 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. There have been 789 hospitalizations total.

 

There have been 16,104 recoveries. This leaves 3,562 active confirmed cases.

 

 

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