Saturday, October 24, 2020 - 11:03 am Categories:
COVID-19

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.