Saturday, October 17, 2020 - 11:06 am Categories:
COVID-19

BY THE NUMBERS

7,596 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

754,769 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

760 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

31,261 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

10.50% – Daily Positivity Rate**

5,370 Total Active Cases

+123 Individuals from yesterday

610 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (501 with a recovery date of yesterday****)

25,492 – Total recovered since the pandemic began

148 – Curren­tly Hospitalized

+0 - Individuals from yesterday

11 – New Deaths*** (399 total deaths since the pandemic began)

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

  • Man in his 70s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 70s from Dunn County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 90s from Foster County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 80s from Grant County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 70s from McHenry County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 90s from McLean County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 90s from Morton County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 90s from Morton County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 90s from Stark County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 90s from Stutsman County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 70s from Traill County with underlying health conditions.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

  • Adams County - 2
  • Barnes County - 9
  • Benson County – 9
  • Bottineau County – 13
  • Bowman County – 1
  • Burleigh County - 151
  • Cass County – 181
  • Cavalier County – 1
  • Dickey County - 3
  • Divide County - 4
  • Eddy County – 8
  • Emmons County - 3
  • Foster County – 9
  • Grand Forks County – 54
  • Hettinger County - 6
  • Kidder County – 1
  • LaMoure County – 5
  • Logan County – 4
  • McHenry County – 3
  • McIntosh County - 3
  • McKenzie County – 14
  • McLean County - 12
  • Mercer County - 21
  • Morton County – 49
  • Mountrail County – 11
  • Oliver County – 2
  • Pembina County - 3
  • Pierce County - 6
  • Ramsey County – 1
  • Ransom County – 3
  • Renville County - 1
  • Richland County – 10
  • Rolette County - 4
  • Sargent County – 1
  • Sheridan County - 1
  • Sioux County – 2
  • Stark County – 38
  • Steele County - 3
  • Stutsman County – 12
  • Towner County - 2
  • Traill County - 17
  • Walsh County - 13
  • Ward County – 21
  • Wells County - 8
  • Williams County – 35

* 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.

**Individuals who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters).

*** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. There is a lag in the time deaths are reported to the NDDoH.
**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.

*****Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.