{"id":211433,"date":"2020-10-29T16:44:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T21:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=211433"},"modified":"2020-10-30T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T16:39:51","slug":"burgum-risk-level-adjustments-stuts-back-to-moderate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=211433","title":{"rendered":"Risk Level Adjustments, Stuts returns to Moderate"},"content":{"rendered":"

(CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly COVID-19<\/a> News Briefing Thursday afternoon at the State Capital in Bismarck.<\/p>\n

North Dakota\u2019s death toll from COVID-19 neared 500 on Thursday, with health officials reporting an additional 11 deaths. The North Dakota Department of Health also reported six hospitalizations in the last day due to the coronavirus, increasing the total number of patients in medical facilities to a record 184. October has been the deadliest month to date from the coronavirus, accounting for 228 of the 499 deaths recorded since the pandemic began. Health officials reported a record 1,222 new infections from the virus on Thursday, and a daily positivity rate of 15.6%.<\/p>\n

Burgum said North Dakota is in the mist of a COVID storm, as positive case increases continue to climb.\u00a0 He added that northern tear states are having residents move indoors, with greater chances of spreading the virus in a confined space, and not masking a perfect environment to spread the virus.\u00a0 He noted that environment lingering over the upcoming holidays, plus travel to and from North Dakota.\u00a0 Plus indoor sporting events.<\/p>\n

He said local leadership is supporting personal responsibility to being safe and limiting transmissible moments.<\/p>\n

He said continuing education in school depends on making responsible choices, along with saving lives of high risk individuals, and longterm care residents and healthcare workers.\u00a0 Maintaining hospital bed capacity also depends on mitigating the spread of the virus, leading to hospitalizations.<\/p>\n

NDDoH<\/p>\n

COVID-19 Stats<\/p>\n

Thurs. Oct. 29, 2020<\/p>\n

11- am<\/p>\n

Barnes<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Positives\u00a0\u00a0 24<\/p>\n

Total Positives 386<\/p>\n

Active Cases 72<\/p>\n

Recovered 306<\/p>\n

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Stutsman<\/strong><\/p>\n

One New Death, Stutsman, Man in his 50’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total Deaths to date 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New Positives\u00a0 48<\/p>\n

Total Positives 946<\/p>\n

Active Cases\u00a0 151<\/p>\n

Recovered\u00a0 738<\/p>\n

COVID-19 Test Results
\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

BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

8,402 \u2013 Total Tests from Yesterday*<\/p>\n

845,567 \u2013 Total tests completed since the pandemic began<\/p>\n

1,222 \u2013 Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****<\/p>\n

41,130 \u2013 Total positive individuals since the pandemic began<\/p>\n

15.62% \u2013 Daily Positivity Rate**<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

6,771 Total Active Cases<\/p>\n

+524 Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n

688 \u2013 Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (550 with a recovery date of yesterday****)<\/p>\n

33,860 \u2013 Total recovered since the pandemic began<\/p>\n

184 \u2013 Curren\u00adtly Hospitalized<\/p>\n

+6 – Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n

11 \u2013 New Deaths*** (499 total deaths since the pandemic began)<\/p>\n


\nINDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n