Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his Friday daily COVID-19 news briefing at the State Capital in Bismarck.<\/p>\n
He began the briefing with:<\/p>\n
COVID-19 Positive Test Results<\/p>\n
Posted Fri. May 1, 2020<\/p>\n
Results listed are from the previous day.<\/em><\/p>\n INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 29,525 \u2013 Total Tested (+2,065 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 28,418 \u2013 Total Negative (+2,025 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 1,107 \u2013 Total Positive (+40 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 86 \u2013 Total Hospitalized (+1 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 27 \u2013 Currently Hospitalized (-3 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 482 \u2013 Total Recovered (+24 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 23 \u2013 Total Deaths (+4 individual from yesterday)<\/p>\n <\/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 <\/p>\n Burgum said school buildings are \u201chot spots,\u201d for close-contacting positive COVID-19 individuals, adding that a\u00a0cascading of cases may have occurred, if school was in session in classrooms, and school buildings.<\/p>\n With that, the governing said all North Dakota Schools will continue with distance learning through the rest of this school year.<\/p>\n He said the state has worked with several entities in reaching the decision.\u00a0 He said schools have just a few weeks of instruction left, noting the risk of contracting COVID-19 in bringing students and staff back during that time.\u00a0 Plus using contact tracing for those individuals testing positive taking it away from those contracting the virus who are at risk.<\/p>\n Burgum said the state taking action, closing schools the rest of this school year, takes the burden off local school boards, in having to make local decisions.<\/p>\n State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said the pandemic has caused an unprecedented change in the way school is conducted, adding that schools have adapted to distance learning including preparation, and praised teachers for meeting the challenges in these difficult times.<\/p>\n She added that with graduation, state officials are developing ceremony guidance with high schools, and how schools may honor graduates this year.<\/p>\n She pointed out Tuesday May 5 is Teacher Appreciation Day, in North Dakota.<\/p>\n North Dakota Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Robert Schulte and Vern Dosch discussd education, testing and contact tracing.<\/p>\n Schulte said the National Guard had a good foundation from state leaders in taking on the challenges.\u00a0 He said testing is critical is determining who has the disease in slowing the spread of the virus.\u00a0 Group homes, long-term care facilities and tribal neighbors are among the screening priorities.<\/p>\n Screening capacity is growing from 195 tests to 2,000 in North Dakota, and building the capacity includes putting testing kits together, for mobile testing sites.\u00a0 It\u2019s expected the tests will grow to 3,000 and more in the near future.<\/p>\n He said, testing goes hand in hand with contact tracing of positives.<\/p>\n Vern Dosch added the contact tracing team\u2019s challenge was to re-invent the way the procedure is performed, with changing the scope of contact tracing.\u00a0 Contact tracers now number 352, including retired nurses and others coming out of retirement to assist in contact tracing.<\/p>\n Next, Burgum addressed Vision Zero the state\u2019s effort in not having any traffic deaths in North Dakota with the support of the North Dakota Highway Patrol and local law enforcement.<\/p>\n He noted however three motor vehicle related deaths were reported in this past week, with 13 traffic deaths reported so far this year.\u00a0 NDHP has noted an increase in speeding citation.<\/p>\n With the state\u2019s business reopening, Burgum cited more traffic on North Dakota roads, and the Highway Patrol has added patrols to the highways.<\/p>\n With jobless numbers he said a total of 68,471 claims have been filed, since March 16 to Friday, 638 on Thursday this week, 394 of which were pandemic related claims.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his Friday daily COVID-19 news briefing at the State Capital in Bismarck. 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