{"id":210755,"date":"2020-10-20T14:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T19:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=210755"},"modified":"2020-10-21T08:08:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T13:08:50","slug":"covid-19-tests-cause-for-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=210755","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Test Results, Positives, “Concern”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(CVHD) \u00a0 Results from the most recent Friday COVID-19 testing event were a cause for concern of local health and safety officials, with 40 of the 251 samples collected (15.9%) testing positive for the novel coronavirus. The 14-day positivity rate in the community is increasing.<\/p>\n

Stutsman County saw a high rate of positivity at 6.4% in prior weeks, but soon decreased to
\n1.3% and is now going back up with the current 14-day positivity rate at 4.4%. The drop in the
\npositivity rate did make a difference in Stutsman County making our county color changed from
\nyellow to green on the ND Smart Restart Guidance. Robin Iszler, Unit Administrator at Central
\nValley Health District, says it will not be easy to stay green when our positivity rate is
\nincreasing. Under the ND Smart Restart Guidance, more restrictions will be in place when the
\ncounty colors change. Iszler expressed her concern about the increases, which indicates that
\nmore disease is circulating in the community. \u201cWhat makes the positive cases different now than what we were seeing in previous months is that the majority of cases are from all over the community. When cases are from a variety of places and cannot be
\npinpointed, this is considered \u201ccommunity spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iszler elaborated on examples of where recent positive cases are being exposed, which included workplaces, family and social gatherings, schools, and sporting events. Increases in cases means that the general public is at an increased risk of exposure when they are at work, or are out in the community. Iszler says, many businesses are being impacted by workers who are testing positive which puts a strain on the work force as businesses considering closing or working with less employees.<\/p>\n

Stronger measures in the city being considered. Mayor Heinrich urges the community to follow
\nprevention measures or stricter policy orders may be necessary. \u201cAs Mayor of Jamestown, I
\nhave the authority to strengthen our safety practices through policy changes such as: public mask
\nmandates and early shut down of bars and restaurants and restrictions for local gatherings (i.e.
\nweddings, community events, etc.).\u201d\u00a0 The Mayor stresses that changes will not
\nbe made without consultation with local health and safety officials of the Emergency Operation
\nCenter of the community\u2019s conditions. \u00a0He adds, \u201cIn order to keep our local business and economy going
\nand schools open, our residents need to be healthy and our community data needs to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. Doug Burgum will hold a rescheduled press briefing with the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23,<\/strong> to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota. This is rescheduled from Tuesday, Oct. 20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Burgum will provide an update on the North Dakota Emergency Commission\u2019s meeting Friday morning, during which the commission will consider reallocating unused funds from North Dakota\u2019s $1.25 billion share of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(CVHD) \u00a0 Results from the most recent Friday COVID-19 testing event were a cause for concern of local health and safety officials, with 40 of the 251 samples collected (15.9%) testing positive for the novel coronavirus. The 14-day positivity rate in the community is increasing. Stutsman County saw a high […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210755"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210832,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210755\/revisions\/210832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}