CSi Weather:

.TONIGHT Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area,  then mostly clear after midnight.

Some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and large hail in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mphshifting to the northwest after midnight.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday
afternoon and evening, with the potential for damaging wind
gusts to 75 mph, hail to the size of golf balls, and a low chance
for a tornado. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thunderstorm potential is in the forecast next week as a warm and
humid weather pattern impacts the region.

 

North Dakota health officials say 12 counties have reported new cases of the coronavirus, including seven positive tests each in Cass and Grand Forks counties. Officials say 32 people were confirmed with COVID-19 in the last day, increasing the state’s total since the pandemic began to nearly 4,000.

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats Posted Thurs. June 25

11-a.m.

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

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED THURSDAY

  • Burleigh County – 2
  • Cass County – 7
  • Grand Forks – 7
  • McKenzie County – 2
  • Morton County – 1
  • Richland County – 2
  • Rolette County – 1
  • Sargent County – 1
  • Stark County – 2
  • Walsh County – 1
  • Ward County – 4
  • Williams County – 2


BY THE NUMBERS

165,430 – Total Number of Tests Completed* (+2,967 total tests from yesterday)

 

99,444 – Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+755 unique individuals from yesterday)

96,051 – Total Negative (+724 unique individuals from yesterday)

3,393 – Total Positive (+32 unique individuals from yesterday)

After investigation it was found that a previous case from Ramsey County was from out of state.

1.1% – Daily Positivity Rate**

222 – Total Hospitalized (+3 individual from yesterday)

25 – Currently Hospitalized (-2 individuals from yesterday)

3,064 – Total Recovered (+20 individuals from yesterday)

78 – Total Deaths*** (+0 individual from yesterday)

 

* Note that this does not include individuals from out of state and has been updated to reflect the most recent information discovered after cases were investigated.

**Because the serial tests completed and added to the total number of tests completed can result in new individuals who test positive, the daily positivity rate will be calculated using the total positives for the day by the daily number of tests completed instead of the daily number of unique individuals tested.

 

*** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19.

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)     Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting ceremony for The Lazy Fish, a new business in Jamestown.  This business is located at 2810 83rd Ave SE just north of Jamestown.

Businesses qualify for a ribbon-cutting ceremony if they open, move, remodel, are under new ownership or change their name.  For more information, contact Emily Bivens by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

Jamestown  (CSi)    Stutsman County youth 18 years and younger can get free meals this summer in Jamestown.

The free Summer Meals Program, provides the free meals to youth 18 years old and younger, through  the Stutsman County Extension Office five locations.

Those include: Two Rivers Activity Center

Nickeus Park

Leapaldt Park

The Arts Park

Stutsman County Extension Office

Meals are available for pick up from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday through Friday.

Reservations are not necessary. Families can pick up five meals at one time, for the week.

 

Free Summer Meal Program sites:

-Two Rivers Activity Center, through August 19th from 11:30 am to 12 noon, Monday through Saturday

-Nickeus Park, through July 31st from 11:30 am to 12 noon Monday through Friday

-Leapaldt Park, through July 31st from 11:30 am to 12 noon Monday through Friday

-Arts Park, through August 13th from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday through Thursday

-Stutsman County Extension, through August 19th from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday through Friday.

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) — The daily U.S. count of new coronavirus cases stood near an all-time high Thursday. It’s hovering close to the late-April peak that marked some of the darkest and deadliest days of the crisis so far. According to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University, the 34,300 COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday were slightly fewer than the day before, but still close to the U.S. daily high of 36,400 from April. At the same time, the nation’s daily death toll has continued dropping, an encouraging sign that may reflect the advent of new treatments, better efforts to prevent infections at nursing homes. After peaking at 2,200 on April 18, the number is now about 600 a day.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe as many as 20 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus since COVID-19 first arrived in the country, suggesting millions had the virus and never knew it. That’s nearly 10 times as many infections as the 2.3 million cases that have been confirmed in the U.S. and comes as the Trump administration works to tamp down nationwide concern about the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when about a dozen states are seeing worrisome increases in cases. But 20 million infections would mean that about 6% of the nation’s 331 million people have been infected, leaving a great majority of the population still susceptible to the virus.

 

ATLANTA (AP) — Having access to quick coronavirus test results will play an important role in resuming sporting events, keeping factories and businesses open, and returning to school in the fall. But an Associated Press survey of selected states found it’s still taking days in some cases for results to come back, despite an increase in the availability of testing across the U.S. Public health experts say testing delays present a major hurdle to reducing infections. Although labs track their own turnaround times, detailed information about how long it takes for results to be reported across the country is not readily accessible.

 

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are swinging through key battleground states on Thursday. The dueling events haven’t happened much in the age of coronavirus, and their contrasting styles in response to the pandemic will be on full display. The former vice president is meeting with families who benefited from the Obama administration’s signature health care law in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then giving a speech on how he would improve broader access to health insurance. Trump is visiting Marinette in rural Wisconsin for a private tour of a shipyard and participating in a town hall to be broadcast by Fox News Channel from Green Bay.