BY THE NUMBERS
7,763 – Total Tests from Yesterday*
807,053 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began
936 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****
36,874 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began
12.64% – Daily Positivity Rate**
6,310 Total Active Cases
-53 Individuals from yesterday
981 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (749 with a recovery date of yesterday****)
30,116 – Total recovered since the pandemic began
166 – Currently Hospitalized
-2 - Individuals from yesterday
8 – New Deaths*** (448 total deaths since the pandemic began)
INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19
To simplify and clarify messaging around deaths, we will no longer reporting underlying health conditions. For more information on the change, please view the October 23 news briefing beginning at 40:48. For more detailed information on deaths, please visit the NDDoH dashboard.
- Man in his 60s from Grand Forks County.
- Man in his 70s from Pierce County.
- Man in his 80s from Ward County.
- Man in his 80s from Ward County.
- Man in his 90s from Ward County.
- Woman in her 90s from Ward County.
- Woman in her 70s from Ward County.
- Woman in her 60s from Williams County.
COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY
- Adams County - 4
- Barnes County - 8
- Benson County – 12
- Billings County - 1
- Bottineau County – 4
- Bowman County – 3
- Burleigh County - 164
- Cass County – 121
- Cavalier County - 2
- Dickey County – 13
- Dunn County - 2
- Eddy County – 3
- Foster County – 2
- Grand Forks County – 142
- Grant County - 4
- Griggs County - 3
- Hettinger County – 4
- Kidder County - 3
- LaMoure County - 3
- Logan County – 1
- McHenry County – 5
- McKenzie County – 8
- McLean County - 21
- Mercer County - 5
- Morton County – 50
- Mountrail County – 17
- Nelson County - 4
- Oliver County – 2
- Pembina County - 6
- Pierce County - 2
- Ramsey County – 3
- Ransom County – 6
- Renville County - 1
- Richland County – 18
- Rolette County – 22
- Sargent County – 3
- Sheridan County - 1
- Sioux County – 7
- Stark County – 19
- Steele County - 2
- Stutsman County – 30
- Towner County – 2
- Traill County - 4
- Walsh County - 19
- Ward County – 117
- Wells County - 20
- Williams County – 43
* 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.