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(CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly news briefing Thursday morning at the state capital in Bismarck to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota.<\/p>\n
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He was joined by North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman, District 29 House Majority Leader Chet Pollert of Carrington,and House Minority Leader Josh Boschee.<\/p>\n
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Burgum outlined changes in county Risk Levels.<\/p>\n
Those included Stutsman going from yellow-moderate, back to green-low risk, as has Richland County.<\/p>\n
Moving from Blue-New Normal to Green-Low Risk is LaMoure County.\u00a0 Meanwhile Dickey County was moved from Green-Low Risk to Yellow-Moderate Risk.<\/p>\n
He has said the risk levels are not mandates, but rather guidelines, and go into effect on Friday October 9, 2020.<\/p>\n
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Burgum moved on by saying that\u00a0 the test positivity rates in the region, shows North Dakota has the second lowest positivity rate, in the state, but leads the nation in the nation in positive rates in the nation.\u00a0 He said the state is performing more testings.<\/p>\n
NDDoH<\/p>\n
COVID-19 Stats<\/p>\n
Thurs. Oct. 8, 2020<\/p>\n
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Barnes<\/strong><\/p>\n New Positives\u00a0 2<\/p>\n Total Positives 262<\/p>\n Active Cases 25<\/p>\n Recovered 236<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stutsman<\/strong><\/p>\n New Positives\u00a0 9<\/p>\n Total Positives\u00a0 572<\/p>\n Active Cases 59<\/p>\n Recovered 509<\/p>\n COVID-19 Test Results BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 6,898 \u2013 Total Tests from Yesterday*<\/p>\n 686,464 \u2013 Total tests completed since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 531 \u2013 Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****<\/p>\n 25,384 \u2013 Total positive individuals since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 8.09% \u2013 Daily Positivity Rate**<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n 3,832 Total Active Cases<\/p>\n +126 Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n 395 \u2013 Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (194 with a recovery date of yesterday****)<\/p>\n 21,242 \u2013 Total recovered since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 125 \u2013 Curren\u00adtly Hospitalized<\/p>\n +9 \u2013 Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 New Deaths*** (310 total deaths since the pandemic began) <\/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 **Individuals who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (<\/em>susceptible encounters<\/em><\/a>). <\/em><\/p>\n *** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. There is a lag in the time deaths are reported to the NDDoH. ******Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.<\/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 <\/p>\n Senator Rich Wardner said, North Dakota has distributed from the federal government, dollars to support North Dakota Businesses, along with support for unenployment funds.<\/p>\n Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman talked about essential compensation for front line workers.<\/p>\n House Minority Leader Josh Boschee, said the state legislature has addressed how to best distribute CARES ACT funding, and said he\u2019s hopeful that the federal government will allocate additional funding.<\/p>\n District 29 House Majority Leader Chet Pollert of Carrington, added legislative action concerning distributing $1.25 million in CARES\u00a0 ACT funding, including holding conversations with the governor\u2019s office, with open dialogues.\u00a0 He, along with other speakers urged North Dakotans to follow protocols in staying safe, to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n With hospitalizations due to the virus, Burgum outlined the monitoring of those individuals, and ensuring health care worker staff bed capacity which will be added to the State Health Department\u2019s web site, dashboard.<\/p>\n Dr. Michael LeBeau of Sanford Health in Bismarck noted healthcare frontline workers continuing to be prepared with dealing with the pandemic and caring for patients.<\/p>\n He also urges all North Dakotan to wear masks, and pointed out that North Dakota has recorded it\u2019s first COVID 19 death of a female in her teens.<\/p>\n LeBeau says he understands concerns about the amount of hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients, yet believes medical facilities around the state are ready to adapt to meet the challenge. Sanford Health Bismarck President Michael LeBeau\u2019s comments followed the North Dakota Department of Health\u2019s daily update showing new highs for active cases of COVID-19, newly confirmed cases and coronavirus-related hospitalizations. LeBeau says that although hospitals around the state are competitors, they are working together on additional space and there are no plans to build temporary facilities. He says there may be longer wait times or patients will have to be transferred to another hospital.<\/p>\n SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) \u2014 A surge of coronavirus cases in Wisconsin and the Dakotas is forcing a scramble for hospital beds and raising political tensions, as the Upper Midwest and Plains emerge as one of the nation\u2019s most troubling hotspots. The three states now lead all others in new cases per capita, after months in which many residents and politicians shunned mask requirements while downplaying the risks of the disease. It is increasingly apparent that those choices have come with costs.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the <\/em>NDDoH website<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Jamestown\u00a0 (Chamber Release) \u00a0 Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and the Young Professionals of Jamestown held a ribbon cutting ceremony for, Chamber member, University of Jamestown to celebrate their new building on campus, UJ Place in Jamestown. UJ Place features a mixture of student housing and commercial spaces.<\/p>\n
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Jamestown (Chamber)\u00a0 Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee and the Young Professionals of Jamestown presented the Customer Service Award for October to Anna Stansbery of Southwood Veterinary Clinic for her outstanding customer service.\u00a0 The chamber honors individuals who demonstrate a consistent commitment to delivering products or services that satisfy customers by exceeding their requirements or expectations.<\/p>\n