BY THE NUMBERS
6,505 – Total Tests from Yesterday*
829,052 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began
896 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****
39,130 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began
14.82% – Daily Positivity Rate**
6,315 Total Active Cases
-131 Individuals from yesterday
1,005 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (683 with a recovery date of yesterday****)
32,339 – Total recovered since the pandemic began
161 – Currently Hospitalized
-12 - Individuals from yesterday
15 – New Deaths*** (476 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.
- Woman in her 90s from Burleigh County.
- Man in his 60s from Grand Forks County.
- Woman in her 90s from Grand Forks County.
- Woman in her 80s from McHenry County.
- Man in his 70s from Ransom County.
- Woman in her 70s from Ward County.
- Woman in her 90s from Ward County.
- Man in his 80s from Ward County.
- Woman in her 80s from Ward County
- Woman in her 90s from Ward County.
- Man in his 80s from Ward County.
- Man in his 70s from Ward County.
- Woman in her 70s from Ward County
- Man in his 60s from Ward County.
- Woman in her 100s from Williams County.
COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY
- Adams County - 6
- Barnes County - 8
- Benson County – 3
- Bottineau County – 15
- Bowman County – 3
- Burke County - 1
- Burleigh County - 176
- Cass County – 135
- Cavalier County - 3
- Dickey County – 4
- Divide County – 5
- Dunn County - 2
- Eddy County – 7
- Emmons County - 2
- Foster County – 3
- Golden Valley County - 1
- Grand Forks County – 146
- Grant County – 3
- Griggs County - 5
- Hettinger County – 3
- Kidder County - 6
- LaMoure County - 1
- McHenry County – 3
- McIntosh County - 1
- McKenzie County – 13
- McLean County - 16
- Mercer County - 15
- Morton County – 45
- Mountrail County – 5
- Nelson County – 3
- Oliver County - 1
- Pembina County - 6
- Pierce County - 4
- Ramsey County – 17
- Ransom County – 6
- Renville County - 3
- Richland County – 15
- Rolette County – 13
- Sargent County – 1
- Sheridan County – 1
- Sioux County - 4
- Stark County – 16
- Steele County - 1
- Stutsman County – 13
- Towner County - 6
- Traill County - 7
- Walsh County - 28
- Ward County – 81
- Wells County - 5
- Williams County – 29
* 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.