{"id":194865,"date":"2020-03-22T17:30:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T22:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=194865"},"modified":"2020-03-22T22:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T03:02:30","slug":"burgum-updates-sun-news-briefing-mar-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=194865","title":{"rendered":"Gov Burgum News Briefing Sunday Mar 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum, Sunday afternoon held his daily News Briefing in Bismarck with new information on state issues, concerning the Coronavirus.\u00a0 \u00a0Video of the Sunday March 22 press briefing on replay, scroll forward to 10 minutes for start of comments<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndhealth\/videos\/3005877902807668\/<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota National Guard Chaplain Colonel Wymer opened the briefing with a prayer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A.M. POSITIVE TEST RESULTS | March 21 at 3 p.m. &#8211; March 22 at 9 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There were no additional positives reported during this timeframe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>P.M. POSITIVE TEST RESULTS | March 22 from 9 a.m. &#8211; 3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Woman in her 30s from Burleigh County, travel related<\/li>\n<li>Man in his 40s from Pierce County, close contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Categories: Travel, Possible Travel, Community Spread, Close Contact, Under Investigation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1355 \u2013 Total Tested (+173 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n<p>1325 \u2013 Negative (+171 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n<p>30 \u2013 Positive (+2 individual from yesterday)<\/p>\n<p>4 \u2013 Hospitalized (+1 individual from yesterday)<\/p>\n<p>For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the\u00a0NDDoH\u00a0website at\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.nd.gov\/coronavirus\">www.health.nd.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>, follow on\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fndhealth&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cndjic%40nd.gov%7Cecdd876399f643148f1708d7cc1a9065%7C2dea0464da514a88bae2b3db94bc0c54%7C0%7C0%7C637202286775823097&amp;sdata=4xYe8WjmmVhSOc5d9kY%2BfRx2dGo6exh05bXSW0ixzYI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Facebook<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FNDDOH&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cndjic%40nd.gov%7Cecdd876399f643148f1708d7cc1a9065%7C2dea0464da514a88bae2b3db94bc0c54%7C0%7C0%7C637202286775823097&amp;sdata=ayI3CxsLJY2D9umfhgsS0sijqN%2F6nyf18XblA1HcNgo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Twitter<\/a>\u202fand\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fndstatehealth%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cndjic%40nd.gov%7Cecdd876399f643148f1708d7cc1a9065%7C2dea0464da514a88bae2b3db94bc0c54%7C0%7C0%7C637202286775833053&amp;sdata=syHsWFlmGJ%2FhRKNHAwPML1986iR72aitIrlY6OMog10%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Instagram<\/a>\u202fand visit the CDC website at\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cndjic%40nd.gov%7Cecdd876399f643148f1708d7cc1a9065%7C2dea0464da514a88bae2b3db94bc0c54%7C0%7C0%7C637202286775833053&amp;sdata=PxjMIC2jOGs4eqRgM6%2BH4aVdxHxwwSQAAlq%2FNP8kLYg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum noted results are pending for roughly 300 test samples taken in Cass County and sent to a national lab. He also pointed to cases in neighboring states such as South Dakota, which reported a spike in cases Sunday with six additional cases in Beadle County and one in Brown County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could happen at any time in any community in North Dakota. There\u2019s no community that\u2019s immune \u2026 and that\u2019s why social distancing is so important,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cThis is not the time to be complacent. We\u2019ve got to be vigilant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor announced he has requested a significant increase in contact tracing efforts to better determine who newly identified COVID-19 cases have been in contact with in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>As he foreshadowed Friday, Burgum also signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.nd.gov\/sites\/www\/files\/documents\/executive-orders\/Executive%20Order%202020-10.pdf\">executive order<\/a> Sunday giving K-12 school districts until March 27 to submit plans for resuming instruction with age-appropriate, distance learning methods.<\/p>\n<p>School districts have until April 1 to have their plan approved by the governor, in conjunction with the state superintendent, and implemented to receive their final state aid payment for the current school year. Districts not ready by April 1 will be eligible for a delayed state aid payment upon approval and initiation of their plan. Access to school facilities remains restricted to essential staff only until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that pharmacies can perform tests, only if directed by the State Health Department.\u00a0 Otherwise continue to get testing at healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Judicial changes have been made concerning court appearance, including online hearings and expanding the district court judges jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>County Clerks offices at courthouses have more information.<\/p>\n<p>All ND Supreme\u00a0 Court hearings will be live streamed.<\/p>\n<p>Childcare providers will be notified on any state policy changes.<\/p>\n<p>All 11 State University campuses will now conduct classes on line.\u00a0 Those coming back from spring break out of state should be tested, and self quarantine if they exhibit virus symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Those receiving WIC and food stamp benefits need to be aware of some changes in those programs and will be notified.\u00a0 Be watching for announcements.<\/p>\n<p>The ND National Guard is continuing to plan for any possible activation.<\/p>\n<p>The next planned News Briefing is planned for Monday March 23, at 4-p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum, Sunday afternoon held his daily News Briefing in Bismarck with new information on state issues, concerning the Coronavirus.\u00a0 \u00a0Video of the Sunday March 22 press briefing on replay, scroll forward to 10 minutes for start of comments https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndhealth\/videos\/3005877902807668\/ North Dakota National Guard Chaplain Colonel Wymer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194865"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194871,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194865\/revisions\/194871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/194467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}