(CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly COVID-19 News Briefing Wednesday afternoon at the state capital in Bismarck.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndhealth\/videos\/610891799625722\/<\/p>\n
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Burgum was \u00a0joined by State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, State Contact Tracing Administrator Vern Dosch and NDDoH Immunizations Program Manager Molly Howell.<\/p>\n
Burgum said the recently launched health.nd.gov#MaskupND campaign has received several photos of people wearing their masks, including healthcare workers.<\/p>\n
He said the public needs to continue to be vigilant, as the positive testing cases are on the increase in North Dakota as he related the latest State Health Department.\u00a0 400,000 tests have been given since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
NDDoH<\/p>\n
COVID-19 Stats<\/p>\n
Wed. Aug 19, 2020<\/p>\n
11:45 -a.m.<\/p>\n
Stutsman 1 New Positive<\/strong><\/p>\n Stutsman\u00a0 131 Total Positives<\/strong><\/p>\n Stutsman 10 Active<\/strong><\/p>\n Stutsman 38 Recovered<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Barnes 1-New Positive<\/strong><\/p>\n Barnes 48 Total Positives<\/strong><\/p>\n Barnes Active 10<\/strong><\/p>\n Barnes Recovered 38<\/strong><\/p>\n COVID-19 Test Results Thanks for your patience <\/em><\/strong>with the delay as we experienced a network issue this morning. Good news!<\/strong> We\u2019ve refreshed our website dashboard and the daily report to make more data publicly available. Did we remove a number in our listing below that interested you? <\/em>Check out<\/em><\/a> the website for those numbers and more, including additional county-level data, then click the feedback button on the website to let us know what you think. As with any new technology upgrade, there\u2019s sure to be minor setbacks so we thank you in advance for your patience while we perfect the dashboard with you in mind. <\/em><\/p>\n BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 4,862 \u2013 Total Tests from Yesterday*<\/p>\n 406,733 \u2013 Total tests completed since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 188 \u2013 Positive Individuals from Yesterday<\/p>\n Two individuals from Cass County were from out of state. <\/em><\/p>\n 8,968 \u2013 Total positive individuals since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 3.87% \u2013 Daily Positivity Rate**<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n 1,209 \u2013 Total Active Cases<\/p>\n +40 Individuals from Tuesday<\/p>\n 87 \u2013 Individuals Recovered from Tuesday<\/p>\n 7,629 \u2013 Total recovered since the pandemic began<\/p>\n 49 \u2013 Currently Hospitalized<\/p>\n +2 individuals from Tuesday<\/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 *** 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 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 He said long term care facilities with a COVID-19 case, has the likelihood of spreading the virus to other residents, in close contact in the facility, who are at high risk, and many with underlying health conditions.\u00a0 He urges those visiting those long term care facilities to make sure they are not infected with COVID-19.<\/p>\n Burgum pointed out the NDDoH web site\u2019s new dashboard to access information.<\/p>\n The goal is to have testing available everyday in the Bismarck Mandan area by next week, the so called \u201chot spot,\u201d with large numbers of positive case numbers.<\/p>\n The age group 20-29 year olds are being targeted by the COVID-19 Task Force, with information\/education information.\u00a0 He added that Stark County has had a surge in positive numbers, and is be watched.<\/p>\n Burgum said the -K-12 Response Team\u00a0 is ready to respond in case of spikes in virus numbers, with students returning to school, some going back this week.<\/p>\n State School Superintendent Kirsten Baseler said the Department of Public Instruction is collaborating with the State Health Department, supporting a healthy return to learning.<\/p>\n She said the goal is to protect students and staff from the virus, including\u00a0 experiences never previously encountered.\u00a0 She said person health information is being protect, and only give to those that need to know.<\/p>\n She said local public school boards and health teams are working together, in developing back to school plans, and to continue flatten the curve.<\/p>\n Burgum said college students need to be tested within five days of returning to the campus, with testing sites available in the state.<\/p>\n He pointed out the new Care-19 Alert using blue tooth technology.<\/p>\n State Contact Tracing Administrator Vern Dosch, followed a video on the new contact tracing technology.\u00a0 He said that the app has been an important tool in contact tracing, with a digital list of contacts.<\/p>\n NDDoH Immunizations Program Manager Molly Howell, explained isolation and quarantine\u00a0 terminologies. \u00a0\u00a0Those testing positive with COVID-19 need to stay home in isolation for ten days.\u00a0 Those asymptomatic should stay in isolation for ten days.\u00a0 A close contact to positive cases should stay home, in quarantine for 14 days, including staying out of the public.\u00a0 Those individuals will tested again in quarantine,\u00a0 and need to stay guaranteed for the full 14 days.\u00a0 Household contacts may have to quarantined for up to 24 days.<\/p>\n Burgum said Interim Health Department Officer, \u00a0Dr. Andrew Stahl has resigned the position, to go into private medical practice in the Bismarck Mandan area. Stahl accepted the interim position on June 1, this year.\u00a0 \u00a0Burgum said an interim health officer, and permanent Health Department Officer are being search for.<\/p>\n The next COVID-19 News Briefing is planned for Wednesday, August 26 at 3:30-p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly COVID-19 News Briefing Wednesday afternoon at the state capital in Bismarck. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndhealth\/videos\/610891799625722\/ Burgum was \u00a0joined by State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, State Contact Tracing Administrator Vern Dosch and NDDoH Immunizations Program Manager Molly Howell. 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\n<\/strong>The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>2 \u2013 New Deaths*** (130 total deaths since the pandemic began)<\/p>\n
\nINDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nCOUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n