CSi Weather…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY…

Including the cities of Beulah, Hazen, Center, Mandan, Bismarck, Steele, Tappen, and Jamestown

* WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches..

* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions. Falling snow and
patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The
hazardous conditions will impact the Thursday morning and
evening commutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Slow down and use caution while traveling.

The latest road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT  TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY…

Including the cities of Moorhead, Valley City, and Fargo

* WHAT…Snow expected, with total accumulations of 4 to 6
inches..

* IMPACTS…Travel could be difficult. The hazardous conditions
will impact the morning and evening commutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Slow down and use caution while traveling.

Forecast…

 

REST OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Snow likely after midnight. Snow accumulation around 1 inch. Lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.

.THURSDAY…Snow. Snow accumulation around 4 inches. Storm total around 5 inches. Highs around 30. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the evening. Lows 15 to 20. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to

15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning, then snow likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 20s. Chance of snow 60 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then chance of snow after midnight. Lows around 15. Chance of snow 60 percent.

.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

morning. Highs in the lower 20s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.

 

Jamestown  (JPS)  – Jamestown High School has issued a statement, saying that Wednesday night’s Jamestown at Mandan football game has been postponed to Saturday, October 24, at 6:00 due to a COVID-19 positive case.

The Statement Says:

“Due to the recent notification of one confirmed positive case of COVID-19, and out of an abundance of caution for all, the varsity football game between Jamestown High School and Mandan High School has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 24 at 6:00 PM at the Starion Complex in Mandan.  This extension will provide time for self-monitoring of coaches and players and allow for the district to properly investigate potential close contacts and assess next steps.

If any further updates regarding this activity are necessary, they will be provided by the JHS Activities Office by Friday evening.”

 

NDoH COVID-19 Stats

Wed. Oct 21, 2020

Barnes

New Positives   1

Total Positives 312

Active Cases 40

Recovered 271

 

Stutsman

One Death…Man in his 80s from Stutsman County with underlying health conditions.  Stutsman Total Deaths from COVID-19….Six

New Positives 11

Total Positives 746

Active Cases  112

Recovered  628

 

COVID-19 Test Results
The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website.

BY THE NUMBERS

6,493 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

782,486 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

516 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

34,165 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

8.35% – Daily Positivity Rate**

 

5,974 Total Active Cases

-58 Individuals from yesterday

546 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (403 with a recovery date of yesterday****)

27,768 – Total recovered since the pandemic began

152 – Curren­tly Hospitalized

+7 – Individuals from yesterday

10 – New Deaths*** (422 total deaths since the pandemic began)


INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

  • Woman in her 70s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 70s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 80s from Emmons County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 60s from Kidder County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 60s from McLean County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 70s from McLean County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 80s from Oliver County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 80s from Stutsman County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 70s from Ward County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 90s from Ward County with underlying health conditions.


COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED WEDNESDAY

  • Adams County – 3
  • Barnes County – 1
  • Benson County – 4
  • Billings County – 1
  • Bottineau County – 7
  • Bowman County – 3
  • Burke County – 4
  • Burleigh County – 42
  • Cass County – 97
  • Dickey County – 2
  • Dunn County – 1
  • Eddy County – 5
  • Emmons County – 1
  • Foster County – 9
  • Golden Valley County – 5
  • Grand Forks County – 32
  • Grant County – 2
  • Griggs County – 1
  • Hettinger County – 3
  • LaMoure County – 2
  • Logan County – 5
  • McHenry County – 4
  • McIntosh County – 8
  • McKenzie County – 13
  • McLean County – 20
  • Mercer County – 5
  • Morton County – 16
  • Mountrail County – 8
  • Nelson County – 2
  • Oliver County – 2
  • Pembina County – 3
  • Pierce County – 7
  • Ramsey County – 13
  • Ransom County – 1
  • Renville County – 1
  • Richland County – 8
  • Rolette County – 6
  • Sargent County – 2
  • Stark County – 27
  • Stutsman County – 11
  • Towner County – 3
  • Walsh County – 14
  • Ward County – 90
  • Wells County – 4
  • Williams County – 18

 

* 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.

**Individuals who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters).

*** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. There is a lag in the time deaths are reported to the NDDoH.
**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.

*****Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.

 

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.

 

Valley City  (CHI)   CHI Mercy Health has updated visitor protocols.

The news release states:

“Effective October 21st 2020, visitors are asked to stay home if they are experiencing any symptoms of illness. All visitors are required to wear a face covering and will be screened at the front desk prior to entry. No visitors under the age of 18 (exceptions may be made at the discretion of the care team).

All visitors will use the Main Entrance (Door #1) and will check in and check out at the front desk. PCU patients may have one visitor per day. This includes Acute, Observation, and Swing bed patients.  Patient and visitor must remain masked and remain in patient’s room during visitation. An additional visitor will be allowed at the time of discharge. Emergency Department, Surgery, Pain, and Ambulatory Care patients may be accompanied by one healthy adult (must remain in patient’s room). Compassionate care visitation – limited to two visitors at a time. Pediatric patients or Adult patients requiring a caregiver may have one support person with them at all times. Any visitor not complying with above rules will be asked to leave.

Jamestown  (CSi)  Zonta Club of Jamestown will be holding a “Let There be Peace on Earth” ceremony at noon Saturday, Oct. 24, at all five peace poles located throughout the city: in Zonta Park, at the Stutsman County Museum rotunda, the National Buffalo Museum, in the Solein-DeNault Park Sensory Garden and in front of the University of Jamestown’s Unruh Sheldon building on the university campus. They will be jointly celebrating the 100th birthday of Zonta International and the 75th birthday of the United Nations. These two organizations work closely together to end violence and support victims of violence around the world through service and advocacy.

People are encouraged to attend for a few moments of communal unity and caring for all humankind.

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are redefining what it means to have close contact with someone with COVID-19. For months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said close contact meant spending a solid 15 minutes within 6 feet of someone who tested positive for coronavirus. On Wednesday, the CDC changed it to a total of 15 minutes or more _ so briefer but repeated contacts that add up to 15 minutes now count. Anyone who has been in close contact with a COVID-19 patient is advised to quarantine for two weeks. The CDC made the change because of a study in a Vermont prison.

 

(AP)  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the first lady tested negative for coronavirus on Wednesday, just hours after he abruptly left an event. The Democrat was speaking at a workforce development event his office organized with Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross at Camden County College when he learned a recent contact had tested positive. The 63-year-old governor say he has no symptoms and last tested negative on Monday. Murphy spokesperson Mahen Gunaratna says Tammy Murphy also tested negative on Wednesday afternoon. They will quarantine until the end of the weekend and take a test before resuming any in-person events. The state’s daily coronavirus figures have doubled in the past month. New Jersey has reported more than 222,000 cases and 14,438 confirmed deaths.

 

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospitals around the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff. New highs in cases have been reported in states big and small — from Idaho to Ohio — in recent days. With persistent resistance to statewide mask mandates, some states are relying on individuals to do the right thing to stem the tide of the virus. Other states are worried about the spike putting pressures on the health system and are making plans for ensuring those infected get the hospital care they need.

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden arrive in Nashville for their final debate, they’ll be greeted by a city with rising coronavirus case counts. Tennessee is also embroiled in a debate about mask-wearing. Thursday’s in-person presidential debate is at Belmont University, which also hosted the 2008 debate between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. This time, Belmont will require masks and implement testing protocols and will limit exposure of debate attendees to the school’s student population. About 150 people are expected in the debate hall, including up to 35 Belmont students working as ushers.

 

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain has become the first country in western Europe to accumulate more than 1 million confirmed infections, as the nation of 47 million struggles to contain a resurgence of the coronavirus. Spain’s health ministry said Wednesday that its accumulative case load since the start of the pandemic has reached 1,005,295 after reporting 16,973 more cases in the past 24 hours. The ministry attributes 34,366 deaths to COVID-19. As the numbers rise, authorities in charge of health policy in Spain’s regions are tightening restrictions. They want to stem the surge while avoiding a second total lockdown of home confinements that stemmed the first wave of the virus but left the economy reeling.

 

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions. The comments drew cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue. The remarks came in the documentary “Francesco,” which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. In the documentary, the pope says: “Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God.” Francis says a civil union law is needed because “that way they are legally covered.” While archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis endorsed civil unions for gay couples as an alternative to same-sex marriages but had never come out publicly in favor of civil unions as pope.

 

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom. The policies that discriminated against LGBTQ people and their children were in place for years at Trinity Schools Inc., which is affiliated with the insular community People of Praise. The Associated Press spoke with more than two dozen people who said the community’s teachings have been consistent for decades, holding that homosexuality is an abomination against God, sex should occur only within marriage, and marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

 

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man has been charged with making death threats against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris in a letter left on the doorstep of a neighbor who had yard signs supporting the candidates. A U.S. Secret Service agent says 42-year-old James Dale Reed told investigators that he was “upset at the political situation” when he wrote the threatening letter. Reed was in state custody when a criminal complaint was filed against him Wednesday in federal court. The neighbor told investigators that he didn’t know the Frederick man but had several yard signs supporting Biden and Harris.