Bismarck (CSi)  Governor Doug Burgum held his daily News Briefing at the state capital, Wednesday afternoon.
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He related the latest COVID-19 report issued Wednesday morning, including a positive test of a woman in her 60’s from Stutsman County.

Positive COVID-19 Test Results
Results listed are from the previous day.

POSITIVE TEST RESULTS

  • Woman in her 30s from Burleigh County, under investigation
  • Female age 10-19 from Burleigh County, close contact
  • Woman in her 20s from Burleigh County, community spread
  • Man in his 40s from Cass County, community spread
  • Man in his 30s from Cass County, close contact
  • Woman in her 30s from Cass County, community spread
  • Man in his 40s from Cass County, community spread
  • Woman in her 90s from Cass County, close contact
  • Man in his 60s from Cass County, close contact
  • Woman in her 60s from Cass county, under investigation
  • Female age 10-19 from Stark County, community spread
  • Woman in her 60s from Stark County, community spread
  • Male age 10-19 from Stark County, under investigation
  • Woman in her 60s from Stutsman County, community spread

 

Categories: Travel, Possible Travel, Community Spread, Close Contact, Under Investigation

 

Updated

BY THE NUMBERS

8552 – Total Tested (+849 individuals from yesterday)

8301 – Negative (+835 individuals from yesterday)

251 – Positive (+14 individuals from yesterday)

34 – Hospitalized (+1 individuals from yesterday)

16 – Currently Hospitalized (-2 individuals from yesterday)

98 – Recovered (+16 individual from yesterday)

4 – Death (+0 individuals from yesterday)

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

 

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14 Additional positive cases were reported, Wednesday morning from Tuesday.  The pool of people tested included the drive thru last weekend in western North Dakota.

He said continue to use sanitary measures, and observe social distancing, and wear face masks in public.  Limit gathering to people of no more than ten.

2600 critical care hospital beds are available.

An Executive Order concerns the Public Service Commission, and the State Land Commission suspends needing to have a physical location for public hearings and can now be held virtually.

Another Executive Order allow exchanges pf Personal Protective Equipment and medical equipment to the State Health Department, directly, and bypassing the state’s used equipment location.  He added more hand sanitizer is becoming available in the state, through regional producers.

The amended travel quarantine now allows workers in North Dakota and Minnesota to cross the border, including those in essential services and outdoor activities.  Social distancing when in outdoor activities.  The travel quarantine for people coming into North Dakota  from other states still applies, with a 14 day quarantine.

Bank of North Dakota President & CEO Eric Hardmeyer talked about financing,and  said take advantage to federal programs available  to assist local small businesses.

He said the Bank of North Dakota will assist local banks in delivering federal dollars for distribution.

Burgum said the North Dakota Department of Commerce will host another Business Briefing, at 11-a.m., Thursday, accessible on line at NDChamber.com

Burgum added with the Easter Holiday approaching he asks families to plan ahead and create ways to limit phyiscal connecting with others, with various on line services, and church services, and Skype and other ways to connect with family members.

With unemployment, on Tuesday there were 1844 claims filed, bringing the total to 42,362 from March 16 through Tuesday