Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his COVID-19 news briefing on Friday at the State Capital in Bismarck.<\/p>\n
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Positive COVID-19 Test Results INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n 89,599 \u2013 Total Number of Tests Completed* (+2,894 total tests from yesterday)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 69,453 \u2013 Total Unique Individuals Tested* (+1,199 unique individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 66,933 \u2013 Total Negative (+1,160 unique individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 2,520 \u2013 Total Positive (+40 unique individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n Please note a case reported from Cass County ended up being from out of state. <\/em><\/p>\n 1.4% \u2013 Daily Positivity Rate**<\/p>\n 164 \u2013 Total Hospitalized (+3 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 36 \u2013 Currently Hospitalized (+1 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 1,882 \u2013 Total Recovered (+89 individuals from yesterday)<\/p>\n 59 \u2013 Total Deaths*** (+2 individual from yesterday)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n * 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.<\/em><\/p>\n **Because the serial tests completed and added to the total number of tests completed can result in new individuals who test positive, the daily positivity rate will be calculated using the total positives for the day by the daily number of tests completed instead of the daily number of unique individuals tested.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n ***<\/em> Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19.<\/em><\/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<\/div>\n Burgum said the North Dakota Risk Level has moved from the Moderate to the Low Risk Level, which relaxes restrictions on businesses, with the new guidelines based on the type of business.<\/p>\n Burgum\u00a0 announced North Dakota is moving to the next phase of its ND Smart Restart plan<\/a>, as the state continues to see a high rate of testing per capita, a low positive test rate and adequate hospital capacity to handle potential surges in COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n The North Dakota Department of Health Friday confirmed 40 additional cases of COVID-19 out of 2,894 total tests completed, beating the previous record of 2,861 tests on May 15. The positive rate of 1.4 percent also was the lowest since May 17.<\/p>\n With 89 newly recovered cases Friday, the number of active cases decreased to 579, representing .08 percent of North Dakota\u2019s population, and down from 648 active cases two weeks ago. Even in Cass County, the state\u2019s most active county for COVID-19 cases, active cases represent just one-quarter of 1 percent of the population, and the state knows the most about the cases there due to targeted testing and contact tracing by the Red River Valley COVID-19 Task Force, Burgum noted.<\/p>\n Burgum said, \u201cNorth Dakotans have done a great job exercising individual responsibility to slow the spread of the coronavirus, putting our state in a position to be able to further reopen our economy with a thoughtful, common-sense approach focused on saving lives and livelihoods.\u00a0 With our increased capacity giving us more confidence to test, trace and isolate positive cases, we are ready to enter the next stage of the ND Smart Restart.\u201d<\/p>\n Under the color-coded health guidance system in the ND Smart Restart plan, the change announced Friday moves the state out of the yellow, or moderate, risk level, and into the green, or low-risk, level \u2013 one level before the blue \u201cnew normal\u201d level.<\/p>\n With the move from the moderate to low risk level:<\/p>\n Burgum reiterated that the ND Smart Restart protocols are recommendations under Executive Order 2020-06.7, and North Dakotans are strongly encouraged to follow them. Businesses and organizations may move forward under the guidelines based on their own comfort level and ability to meet the recommended protocols.<\/p>\n North Dakota has completed 89,599 tests of North Dakotans and has tested 69,453 unique North Dakotans, resulting in a total of 2,520 positive cases and the third-highest per-capita testing rate in the nation. The state has reported 59 deaths of individuals with COVID-19, including two reported today \u2013 a woman in her 90s and a man in his 70s, both from Cass County and both with underlying health conditions. Burgum expressed his condolences to their families and the loved ones of all those who have been lost through the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-six people remain hospitalized.<\/p>\n For more information on the state\u2019s COVID-19 response, visit www.health.nd.gov\/coronavirus<\/a> or www.ndresponse.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) will continue to provide driver license and motor vehicle services by appointment only.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Results listed are from the previous day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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