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.