Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Feb. 12

CSi Weather…

Forecast…

FRIDAY NIGHT:  Mostly  cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 25 below.  Winds 5 to 10 mph. Lowest wind chills around 45 below after midnight.

 

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 10 below. Northwest winds

10 to 15 mph. Wind chills around 40 below.

SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 30 below. Northwest

winds around 10 mph. Wind chills around 50 below.

 

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs around 5 below. Northwest winds around

10 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 20 below.

.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY…Sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10 below.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 10 to 15.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows near zero.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

 

COVID-19 Stats

Fri, Feb, 12, 2021

Barnes:

New Positives  1

Total Positives 1284

Active 4

Recovered 1243

 

Stutsman

New Positives  2

Total Positives 3271

Active 22

Recovered 3162

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

 

Please note that from now on the daily news release will be sent Monday – Friday. The NDDoH dashboard will continue to be updated daily.

BY THE NUMBERS

94,854 – Residents who received at least one dose of vaccine

152,467 – Total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered

 

7,219 – Total Tests from yesterday*

1,586,204 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

118 – Positive Individuals from yesterday*****

72 PCR Tests | 46 Antigen Tests
98,466 Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

2.10% – Daily Positivity Rate** 

 

801 – Total Active Cases

+6 Individuals from yesterday

108 – with a recovery date of yesterday****

96,234 Total recovered since the pandemic began

39 – Currently Hospitalized

+0 Individuals from yesterday

 

1 – New Death*** (1,431 total deaths since the pandemic began)

 

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

• Woman in her 40s from Williams County. 

 

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED FRIDAY

• Adams County – 1
• Barnes County – 1
• Bottineau County – 1
• Burleigh County – 23
• Cass County – 24
• Dickey County – 1
• Dunn County – 1
• Grand Forks County – 15
• McIntosh County – 1
• McKenzie County – 2
• McLean County – 4
• Mercer County – 2
• Morton County – 6
• Pembina County – 1
• Ramsey County – 3
• Ransom County – 1 
• Richland County – 1
• Sargent County – 1
• Stark County – 10
• Stutsman County – 2
• TraillCounty – 1
• Ward County – 11
• Williams County – 5

 

* Note that this includes PCR and antigen; it does not include individuals from out of state. 

**Individuals (PCR or antigen) 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 with a PCR or antigen test and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. Please remember that deaths are reported as they’re reported to us by the facility or through the official death record (up to 10-day delay). 

**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.

*****Daily positive numbers include people who tested with a PCR or antigen test. 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.

 

Jamestown  (CVHD   The week of Feb. 8,  Central Valley Health District (CVHD) with the assistance of Sanford Clinic, the North Dakota National Guard, and various community volunteers administered a total of 834 COVID-19 vaccinations, which included 754 first doses and 80 second doses.

Of those who received their vaccination, 746 were in the 65 and older population, the remainder were Phase1A health care workers, including University of Jamestown nursing students.

 

Unit Administrator, Robin Iszler says, “Our staff worked very hard this week to complete COVID vaccinations in the community. We want to thank all our partners for their assistance as it kept the clinics run very smoothly this week.”

 

All who have had completed the online Vaccination Interest Survey and are 65 and older have

been contacted through phone or email. If a respondent did not hear from CVHD, they may have

entered an incorrect phone number or email address on the survey.

 

The week of Feb. 15, CVHD is anticipating to receive 400 doses and is planning a large vaccination clinic for those 65 and older on Thursday, February 18. To register for the vaccination clinic, visit the CVHD website at www.centralvalleyhealth.org and click the “COVID-19” tab. Only those 65 and older are eligible to register and appointments are required. Appointments will be limited and once the clinic is full, the online registration will be shut down.

 

Robin adds, “We will be monitoring the registration list and anyone who does not fit the age category or the current priority group will be refused service and will not be vaccinated.”

 

CVHD is asking for the public’s assistance to find anyone 65 and older, especially those 75 and

older, that still want to be vaccinated and help them register for an appointment.

Robin adds, “We know that online registration can be difficult for some, but we do not want that to be a barrier for those interested to receive a vaccination. We encourage those who need assistance to ask a trusted friend or family member to assist them with the online registration.”

 

Future vaccination clinic information will be located on the CVHD website from now on at

https://centralvalleyhealth.org/hot-topics/, as well as on the CVHD Facebook page.

Valley City  (CCHD)  City-County Health District  in Valley city will be administering the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals who are 65 and older with or without chronic health conditions starting next week.

City-County Health District Administrator Theresa Will says a vaccination clinic on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at the Hi Liner Activity Center in Valley City from 7a.m. to noon. The Senior Center will provide free bus rides for those signed up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

She encourages those without a computer to call the city county health district office to get registered or go online to CityCountyHealth.org. She said get registered before going to the vaccine clinic.

She said for those receiving a vaccine on February 17, a second vaccine dose will be administered on March 17 from 7-a.m., to noon, inside the Hi Liner Activity Center.

Several healthcare providers and pharmacies also have COVID-19 vaccines. Call your pharmacy or healthcare provider for more details or to get registered for a vaccine.

Fargo  (VA)  Due to a recent large shipment of COVID-19 vaccine, the Fargo Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System (HCS) is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare, regardless of age, on Feb. 12, 13, and 15.

Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare are encouraged to call the Fargo VA at (701) 239-3700, select option 2, to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment on Feb. 12, 13, or 15. This expanded eligibility is currently only available for those who schedule their vaccine appointment on Feb. 12, 13, or 15. Veterans must be enrolled in VA healthcare to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the VA. Those interested in enrolling should call the Fargo VA’s Eligibility Office at (701) 239-3700 extension 3428.

Bismarck  (CSi)   The North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown has modified its on-site visitation guidelines following Gov. Doug Burgum adjusting the statewide COVID-19 risk level to low/green on Jan. 29.

 

The modified visitor guidelines allow for up to two visitors per patient during regular business hours in designated spaces on campus. The on-site visits must be scheduled in advanced through a hospital social worker, case manager or member of the patient’s treatment team. Visitors are required to complete a temperature check and health screening upon arrival and must wear a face mask and maintain social distancing while visiting.

 

The hospital will also resume student clinical training and educational tour opportunities while following health and safety protocols.

 

The guidelines are subject to change.

 

The hospital first announced visitor restrictions on March 13, 2020, to limit COVID-19 transmissions and to protect the health and well-being of patients and staff. Patients can also continue to communicate with friends and family by phone, computer and other electronic devices.

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)  The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce is inviting area legislators to participate in a Virtual Meet & Greet, set of Monday March 1, 2021 at 7-p.m.

The presentation will be shown during the legislature’s cross-over, as legislators are invited to recap the first half of session, and speak about legislation, that may be coming up.

Chamber Executive, Emily Bivens says chamber member businesses will be notified how to access the virtual presentation, and asking questions of the legislators.

BISMARCK, NDANG — A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert for possible mobilization. If ordered to mobilize, the Grand Forks-based 1^st Battalion, 188^th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-188^th ADA) would leave for duty in the National Capitol Region (NCR) early- to mid-summer 2021.

The unit is headquartered in Grand Forks with subordinate units in Fargo and Bismarck and has about 225 Soldiers assigned. If ordered to mobilize, the unit would collaborate with other Department of Defense agencies as part of the integrated air defense system designed to protect NCR airspace. The length of their mission is expected to be about one year and would be consistent with typical U.S. Army ADA missions and tasks associated with aerial surveillance and protection of facilities and personnel from air attack.

“Once again, our N.D. Army National Guard air defenders may be asked to serve in the protection of the airspace in and around our nation’s capital,” said Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann, North Dakota adjutant general. “These outstanding Soldiers will be ready if called upon and are supported by a network of strong caring families, communities and employers who understand how important their support is to our ability to fulfill mission obligations at home and abroad.”

If mobilized for this mission, this would be the 1-188^th ADA’s 12th deployment since 2004, making it the most-deployed unit in the North Dakota Army National Guard. The unit supported the NCR mission twice before from July 2013 to April 2014 and March 2017 to February 2018. In addition to the NCR missions, this unit deployed to Kosovo as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission, and air defense Soldiers have deployed six times to Afghanistan and twice to Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators say oil production in December was down slightly from a month earlier. The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.19 million barrels of oil daily in December. That’s down from 1.22 million barrels daily from November. North Dakota also produced about 89.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas in December, up from 86.7 billion cubic feet in November. There were 15,798 wells producing in December, up from 15,620 in November. The December tallies are the latest figures available. There were 15 drill rigs operating Friday, one more than the December average.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Budget writers in the North Dakota House have slashed by almost half a landmark $1.1 billion proposed bonding package aimed largely at financing infrastructure projects across the state. The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee has endorsed the now-$680 million package that relies on earnings from the state’s voter-approved oil tax savings account to pay for the borrowed money. The proposal was being finalized Friday and will be sent the full House next week for consideration. About 75% of the money in the bonding proposal would fund flood-control projects in Fargo and Minot.

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says air travelers to Canada will quarantine in a hotel starting on Feb. 22 to await the result of a coronavirus test. It’s part of stricter restrictions on air travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants. He earlier said hotel stays will be at the travelers’ own expense. Government officials say with limited exceptions, non essential air travelers, will be required to reserve, prior to departure to Canada, a 3-night stay in a government-authorized hotel. The measures will especially affect Canadian “snowbirds” who winter abroad and return home in the spring. Trudeau said Friday it could take up to three days for test results to be available. Travelers would then isolate at home or elsewhere if the test is negative.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump are making his impeachment defense by accusing Democrats of launching a campaign of “hatred” against the former president and manipulating his words in the lead-up to the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol. Their presentation to senators on Friday included a blizzard of their own selectively edited comments from Trump and Democrats. In hours of arguments, the Trump legal team characterized the impeachment case as a politically motivated “witch hunt” _ and sought to reduce the case to Trump’s use of a single word, “fight,” in a speech preceding the Jan. 6 riot. The trial is speeding toward a conclusion, and there could be a vote this weekend — likely for acquittal.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in the Senate chamber chuckled and whispered among themselves as Donald Trump’s defense team played videos of them saying “fight” over and over again at the former president’s impeachment trial. For the Trump team, it was an effort to counter Trump’s call to his supporters to “fight like hell” before they laid siege on the U.S. Capitol last month. His lawyers played videos of Democrats saying the word “fight” without any context, as they called for protests after Black men and women were killed by police officers and challenging the results of the presidential elections that Republicans won. At a break in the proceedings, Democrats said it was a distraction and a “false equivalence” with their own behavior.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has been suspended for a week without pay after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says Ducklo’s conduct was “completely unacceptable. His personal life came under scrutiny earlier this week when Politico reported on his relationship with a reporter. On Friday, Vanity Fair published a report citing two unnamed sources that Ducklo threatened the Politico reporter to try to suppress the story, telling her “I will destroy you.” Psaki said Ducklo has sent the reporter “a personal note professing his profound regret.”

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors at the White House as part of his push to give financial relief from the coronavirus pandemic to state and local governments. The relief is a clear source of division with Republican lawmakers who view the spending as wasteful. As part of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus package, Biden wants to send $350 billion to state and local governments and tribal governments. While Republicans in Congress have largely objected to this initiative, Biden’s push has some GOP support among governors and mayors. Republican Govs. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas and Larry Hogan of Maryland attended the Friday meeting, along with Democratic governors.

 

(AP)  The nation’s top public health agency says in-person schooling can be done safely with mask use, social distancing and other strategies, but vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a prerequisite for reopening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released its long-awaited roadmap for getting students back to classrooms in the middle of a pandemic. But its guidance is just that — the agency cannot force schools to reopen, and agency officials were careful to say they are not calling for a mandate that all U.S. schools be reopened.

 

(AP)  The final weekend of Mardi Gras season in New Orleans has begun with a warning from police that crowds won’t be tolerated as the city fights to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Police chief Shaun Ferguson noted Friday that bars throughout the city were being ordered to close through Fat Tuesday. And he said police will man barricades limiting pedestrian traffic on Bourbon Street to people who live or work there, hotel guests and restaurant patrons. Traffic on nearby Frenchmen and Decatur Streets also will be limited. All parades have been canceled. Mardi Gras celebrations last year are now believed to have contributed to a surge of infections in Louisiana.

 

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in the San Francisco Bay Area are stepping up patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians have stoked fear and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar New Year. City officials also have visited Chinatowns in San Francisco and Oakland this week to address residents’ safety concerns and condemn the violence as the holiday starts Friday. They vowed to combat a problem that’s been simmering since the start of the coronavirus pandemic but sparked new outrage after two unprovoked attacks were caught on video within a span of days and spread widely online.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has been arrested on charges that he threatened past and present political figures and media personalities on social media. Authorities announced Friday that Rickey Johnson was charged in Manhattan federal court with making threatening interstate communications and threatening U.S. officials. He was arrested Thursday night. A message seeking comment was sent to his attorney. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said Johnson was charged with threatening to kill several cable news broadcasters, current and former U.S. senators and members of the House in rage-fueled posts on Instagram and in chilling private messages. They were not named in court papers.