Bismarck  (CSi)   Governor Doug Burgum held his daily COVID-19 News Briefing on Tuesday afternoon at the State Capital in Bismarck.

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He provided an update on North Dakota’s COVID-19 pandemic and discussed its hospital surge plan. He was joined by ND Indian Affairs Commission (NDIAC) Executive Director Scott Davis.

He passed along the latest numbers, which he said showed lagging results, due to the Easter Holiday weekend.

NDDoH

April 14, 2020  11-a.m.

Positive COVID-19 Test Results
Results listed are from the previous day.

 

POSITIVE TEST RESULTS

  • Man in his 40s from Burleigh County, close contact
  • Man in his 30s from Cass County, close contact
  • Man in his 80s from Cass County, community spread
  • Woman in her 40s from Cass County, under investigation
  • Woman in her 20s from Cass County, under investigation
  • Woman in her 30s from Cass County, under investigation
  • Man in his 40s from Cass County, under investigation
  • Woman in her 70s from Cass County, under investigation
  • Woman in her 30s from Grand Forks County, under investigation
  • Man in his 50s from Morton County, close contact

 Categories: Travel, Possible Travel, Community Spread, Close Contact, Household Contact, Under Investigation

INDIVIDUAL WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

  • Man in his 80s from Morton County who was a close contact to someone who tested positive to COVID-19. He had underlying health conditions.

 

BY THE NUMBERS

10,916 – Total Tested (+135 individuals from yesterday)

10,575 – Negative (+125 individuals from yesterday)

341 – Positive (+10 individuals from yesterday)

42 – Hospitalized (+2 individuals from yesterday)

13 – Currently Hospitalized (+0 individuals from yesterday)

138 – Recovered (+11 individuals from yesterday)

9 – Death (+1 individual from yesterday)

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

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He said North Dakota officials are looking at the number of border states, that have individuals coming to North Dakota for healthcare.  He said the North Dakota positive numbers can stay low, if residents continue to change their lifestyles, practicing such things a social distancing good hygiene, and limiting travel and staying safe when they visit stores.

He said hospital bed capacity in the state remains good, using less than one percent of the current bed capacity.

Tammy Miller, the Unified Command Center Co-Leader talked about the surge plan with hospitals and the National Guard and other agencies.

The goal of the surge plan is to protect residents, and ensure hospitals and communities have resources, with 50 hospitals in the state identified, with “tiers” indicated concerning bed capacity.  As hospital beds, at Tier one become full, the next Tier is identified, with additional bed capacity.   Tier Three is crisis status, which calls for providing several more beds to be utilized. At Tier 3 7500 beds become available, including utilizing the University of Mary Fieldhouse, and the Fargodome.  Jamestown is identified as a Minimal Care Facility at the University of Jamestown’s Newman Center, and The Larson Center, with JRMC the lead Hospital.  The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has been assisting with identifying potential hospital bed  locations.

The State Health Department helps monitor the bed capacity.

Burgum said the state shares plans with the state’s Indian Tribal Nations.  He was joined by ND Indian Affairs Commission (NDIAC) Executive Director Scott Davis.

Davis said the Tribal Nations have declared a pandemic emergency with the State of North Dakota, which he says the Nation is grateful for.   Tribal leaders have issue Executive Orders to help slow the spread of COVID-19 across the state, such as good hygiene, social distancing and other messages.  He said testing has been well received by residents, in cooperation with the State of North Dakota.  He said the Tribal Nations are working well with the State Department of Public Instruction, along with the Secretary of State’s office with this year’s elections.

Burgum said the state, federal, and Tribal Nations are working together including the Tribal Leaders.

 

With behavior health, Burgum added that that form of health needs to be thought of on an equal footing with physical health.  He said the State Hospital in Jamestown continues to follow CDC guidelines concerning patient care concerning challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Burgum said 17,000 people have downloaded the CARE – 19 tracing app, through the Apple App Store.

The ND commerce Department continues to hold regular virtual briefing  with the latest and updates and information. The meeting schedule can be found at NDResponse.gov and where other links to business loans and other information can be found.

With unemployment, 49,716, claims, have been filed, with a total of 9,826 pandemic related jobless claims filed.