{"id":207262,"date":"2020-09-03T16:54:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T21:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=207262"},"modified":"2020-09-04T07:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:41:09","slug":"burgum-addresses-covid-19-risk-level-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=207262","title":{"rendered":"Burgum addresses COVID-19 risk level changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Governor Doug Burgum held his weekly COVID-19 News Briefing, <\/a>with the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) Thursday afternoon at the state capital in Bismarck.<\/p>\n

Burgum said heading into the Labor Day Weekend to stay North Dakota Smart, and mask up observe social distancing, to slow the spread in the virus.\u00a0 He said previous holiday weekends, saw a surge in positive cases.\u00a0 He pointed out that college students are urged to stay on campus this weekend, and to continue with COVID-19 testing.\u00a0 He said many college campuses have opportunities to be occupied.<\/p>\n

He said regionally the pandemic is expanding into the midwestern U.S., with increased positive case increases.<\/p>\n

North Dakota has set a near record for the number of daily positive coronavirus tests, and has increased its per-capita figures for the infection to the highest in the country. The state Health Department\u2019s update showed that 360 of the 12,629 tests in the past day came back positive, with Cass, Grand Forks, and Stark counties each reporting 60 or more positive cases. North Dakota recorded of high of 373 positive tests statewide on Aug. 28. Data show North Dakota now ranks first in the country in the number of new COVID-19 cases per capita in the last two<\/p>\n

NDDoH<\/p>\n

COVID 1-9 Stats.<\/p>\n

Thurs. Sept. 3, 2020<\/p>\n

Posted 11-a.m.<\/p>\n

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Barnes<\/p>\n

New Positives 5<\/p>\n

Total Positives 124<\/p>\n

Active Cases 50<\/p>\n

Recovered\u00a0 74<\/p>\n

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Stutsman<\/p>\n

New Positives 29<\/p>\n

Total Positives 251<\/p>\n

Active Cases 101<\/p>\n

Recovered 147<\/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

6,544 \u2013 Total Tests from Yesterday*<\/p>\n

486,041 \u2013 Total tests completed since pandemic began<\/p>\n

360 \u2013 Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****<\/p>\n

12,629 \u2013 Total positive individuals since pandemic began<\/p>\n

5.50% \u2013 Daily Positivity Rate**<\/p>\n

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

2,428 \u2013 Total Active Cases<\/p>\n

+143 Individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n

139 \u2013 Individuals Recovered from Yesterday****<\/p>\n

10,051 \u2013 Total recovered since pandemic began<\/p>\n

67 \u2013 Currently Hospitalized<\/p>\n

+1 individuals from yesterday<\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>2 \u2013 New Deaths*** (150 total deaths since the pandemic began)<\/p>\n


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