Burgum pointed out regular phone visits with city and county leaders, who are sharing ideas.\u00a0 He noted localities adding face mask recommendations for citizens.<\/p>\n
He added that with vaccine development, the state is planning for the distribution to state residents, when it becomes available.<\/p>\n
He said getting a flu shot is extremely important, in the COVID-19 fight, and reminded residents about mitigating the spread, by social distancing, and wearing face masks, while interacting within core groups.<\/p>\n
North Dakota health officials are reporting that hospitalizations due to complications from the coronavirus reached another new high after increasing by five in the last day. The Wednesday report\u00a0 released on Thursday, showed that 220 people were being treated in medical facilities across the state. There were 14 staffed intensive care beds and 188 staffed inpatient beds available in North Dakota, according to state data. The increase in patients came on day when the state reported 12 additional deaths, lifting the total number of fatalities to 596. The COVID Tracking Project reports that the death count is the 15th highest per capita in the country at about 75 deaths per 100,000 people.<\/p>\n
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NDDoH COVID-19 Stats for Thurs. Nov 5,\u00a0 2020<\/p>\n
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Barnes<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Positives\u00a0\u00a0 30<\/p>\n Total Positives 467<\/p>\n Active Cases 90<\/p>\n Recovered\u00a0 375<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stutsman<\/strong><\/p>\n New Positives 64<\/p>\n Total Positives 1285<\/p>\n Active Cases\u00a0 344<\/p>\n Recovered\u00a0 931<\/p>\n <\/p>\n COVID-19 Test Results\u00a0<\/strong> 9,723\u00a0\u2013 Total Tests from Yesterday*<\/p>\n 910,816\u00a0\u2013 Total tests completed since\u00a0the\u00a0pandemic began<\/p>\n 1,540\u00a0\u2013 Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****<\/p>\n 49,837\u00a0\u2013 Total positive individuals since\u00a0the\u00a0pandemic began<\/p>\n 17.15% \u2013\u00a0Daily Positivity Rate**<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9,224\u00a0Total Active Cases<\/p>\n +653\u00a0Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n 854\u00a0\u2013 Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (680\u00a0with a recovery\u00a0date\u00a0of yesterday****)<\/p>\n 40,017\u00a0\u2013 Total recovered since\u00a0the\u00a0pandemic began<\/p>\n 231\u00a0\u2013 Currently Hospitalized<\/p>\n +11\u00a0\u2013 Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n 29\u00a0\u2013 New Deaths*** (596 total deaths since the pandemic\u00a0began)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED THURSDAY<\/strong><\/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 **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 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 Effective 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, the updated ND Smart Restart guidelines are as follows for counties under these risk designations:<\/p>\n In the area Stutsman and Barnes Counties went from yellow moderate risk to Orange High Risk levels. Kidder County moves from yellow moderate to Orange High Risk.<\/p>\n Foster County stays at yellow moderate risk.<\/p>\n Logan County move from green low risk to yellow moderate risk.<\/p>\n Griggs County was moved from green low risk to yellow moderate risk level.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris Jones stressed the increase in COVID-19 cases is putting a significant strain on healthcare and healthcare workers, and hospital bed capacities.\u00a0 Jones also urged resident to get flu shots.<\/p>\n Burgum added that, the North Dakota Department of Commerce Wednesday announced the second round of the Economic Resiliency Grant (ERG) also known as the Hospitality ERG.<\/p>\n
\nThe results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0<\/em>NDDoH website<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Burgum announced changes in county risk levels, noting that none have gone down in risk, and many rose, and several remained the same.<\/p>\n\n