{"id":234049,"date":"2021-09-08T14:14:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=234049"},"modified":"2021-09-09T09:50:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:50:52","slug":"82-new-covid-positives-in-last-week-stutman-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=234049","title":{"rendered":"82 new COVID positives in last week, Stutman County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jamestown\u00a0 (CVHD) \u00a0 COVID-19 infection rates have been increasing in Stutsman County over the past week with 82 positives currently being report.\u00a0 COVID infections in the community has included both the fully vaccinated and those who are unvaccinated.\u00a0 The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) has just recently began releasing \u201cbreakthrough cases,\u201d which refers to a person who has been COVID vaccinated contracting the virus.\u00a0 While the vaccine does not completely prevent a person from becoming infected with COVID, it significantly reduces the risk from becoming very ill.\u00a0 In comparison, 1 in 15 unvaccinated individuals have tested positive for COVID, while only 1 in 147 fully vaccinated individuals have tested positive, according to the NDDoH.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Healthcare professionals in Stutsman County are concerned about the recent increase in COVID-19 infections in the community.\u00a0 According to Tania Nygaard, provider for Essentia Health of Jamestown, \u201cWe have seen a rise in COVID over the past few weeks. This week we tested 27 individuals, and of those, 4 came back positive.\u00a0 All 4 were unvaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Essentia Health is seeing increased cases in children this Fall.\u00a0 Essentia Health is strongly encouraging all who are eligible to get vaccinated. \u201cThe vaccine not only substantially reduces your chances of getting sick, but it also reduces the risk of spreading this disease to those whose immune systems are not strong enough to fight this – elderly, young children, babies, cancer patients, immunocompromised,\u201d states Nygaard.<\/p>\n

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According to Tonie Lagodinski,\u00a0Administrator for Ave Maria,\u00a0“We are also concerned about the rise in COVID-19 cases in Stutsman County.\u00a0 We continue to follow the guidance from Centers for Disease Control, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the ND Department of\u00a0Health\u00a0to ensure the safety of our residents and employees at Ave Maria Village.\u00a0 This\u00a0includes testing all residents and employees and reporting positive cases to the\u00a0state\u00a0Dept. of\u00a0Health.\u00a0Our staff and residents are following the recommended preventative actions.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Central Valley Health District (CVHD) is seeing an increase in individuals interested in vaccination.\u00a0 \u201cAppointments at our vaccine clinics are full and more people are calling to make vaccine appointments,\u201d reported Robin Iszler, Administrator for CVHD.<\/p>\n

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While increased vaccinations are encouraging, CVHD is also reporting increasing numbers of those seeking testing and increases in numbers testing positive.\u00a0 This week [Tuesday and Wednesday], Central Valley Health has already tested nearly 200 individuals, resulting in 23 positive cases.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are seeing a rise in those needing to be tested and recently we are seeing more individuals who are experiencing symptoms and more children,\u201d stated Iszler<\/p>\n

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CVHD continues to offer weekly COVID testing and vaccinations in the community.\u00a0 For dates and times of vaccinations and testing events \u2013 visit centralvalleyhealth.org for up to date information.<\/p>\n

For more information, please call CVHD at 252-8130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown\u00a0 (CVHD) \u00a0 COVID-19 infection rates have been increasing in Stutsman County over the past week with 82 positives currently being report.\u00a0 COVID infections in the community has included both the fully vaccinated and those who are unvaccinated.\u00a0 The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) has just recently began releasing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234049","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=234049"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234071,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234049\/revisions\/234071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/202735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}