Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his daily News Briefing at the state capital, Wednesday afternoon.
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndhealth\/videos\/1524184627757982\/<\/p>\n
He related the latest COVID-19 report issued Wednesday morning, including a positive test of a woman in her 60’s from Stutsman County.<\/p>\n
Positive COVID-19 Test Results POSITIVE TEST RESULTS <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Categories: Travel, Possible Travel, Community Spread, Close Contact, Under Investigation<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Updated<\/p>\n BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 8552 \u2013 Total Tested (+849 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 8301 \u2013 Negative (+835 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 251 \u2013 Positive (+14 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 34 \u2013 Hospitalized (+1 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Currently Hospitalized (-2 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 98 – Recovered (+16 individual from yesterday)<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Death (+0 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n For descriptions of these categories, visit the <\/em>NDDoH dashboard<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at\u00a0www.health.nd.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>, follow on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and visit the CDC website at\u00a0www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n 14 Additional positive cases were reported, Wednesday morning from Tuesday.\u00a0 The pool of people tested included the drive thru last weekend in western North Dakota.<\/p>\n He said continue to use sanitary measures, and observe social distancing, and wear face masks in public.\u00a0 Limit gathering to people of no more than ten.<\/p>\n 2600 critical care hospital beds are available.<\/p>\n An Executive Order concerns the Public Service Commission, and the State Land Commission suspends needing to have a physical location for public hearings and can now be held virtually.<\/p>\n Another Executive Order allow exchanges pf Personal Protective Equipment and medical equipment to the State Health Department, directly, and bypassing the state\u2019s used equipment location.\u00a0 He added more hand sanitizer is becoming available in the state, through regional producers.<\/p>\n The amended travel quarantine now allows workers in North Dakota and Minnesota to cross the border, including those in essential services and outdoor activities.\u00a0 Social distancing when in outdoor activities.\u00a0 The travel quarantine for people coming into North Dakota\u00a0 from other states still applies, with a 14 day quarantine.<\/p>\n Bank of North Dakota President & CEO Eric Hardmeyer talked about financing,and\u00a0 said take advantage to federal programs available\u00a0 to assist local small businesses.<\/p>\n He said the Bank of North Dakota will assist local banks in delivering federal dollars for distribution.<\/p>\n Burgum said the North Dakota Department of Commerce will host another Business Briefing, at 11-a.m., Thursday, accessible on line at NDChamber.com<\/p>\n Burgum added with the Easter Holiday approaching he asks families to plan ahead and create ways to limit phyiscal connecting with others, with various on line services, and church services, and Skype and other ways to connect with family members.<\/p>\n With unemployment, on Tuesday there were 1844 claims filed, bringing the total to 42,362 from March 16 through Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his daily News Briefing at the state capital, Wednesday afternoon. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndhealth\/videos\/1524184627757982\/ He related the latest COVID-19 report issued Wednesday morning, including a positive test of a woman in her 60’s from Stutsman County. Positive COVID-19 Test Results Results listed are from the previous day. 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\n<\/strong>Results listed are from the previous day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n