Friday, December 18, 2020 - 11:07am Categories:
COVID-19

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BY THE NUMBERS 

8,208 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

1,257,587 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began  

509 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday***** 

446 – PCR Tests | 63 antigen tests
89,557 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began 

5.91% – Daily Positivity Rate** 

3,061 - Total Active Cases  

+77 Individuals from Yesterday 

396 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (416 with a recovery date of yesterday****)  

85,271 – Total recovered since the pandemic began 

144 – Currently Hospitalized  

-4 - Individuals from yesterday 

21 – New Deaths*** (1,225 total deaths since the pandemic began)

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID

  • Man in his 80s from Barnes County.
  • Woman in her 80s from Burleigh County.
  • Man in his 70s from Cass County.
  • Woman in her 60s from Cass County.
  • Man in his 60s from Cass County.
  • Man in his 90s from Grand Forks County.
  • Woman in her 90s from Grand Forks County.
  • Man in his 80s from Grand Forks County.
  • Man in his 90s from Kidder County.
  • Woman in her 90s from McHenry County.
  • Woman in her 90s from McLean County.
  • Man in his 90s from McLean County.
  • Woman in her 80s from McLean County.
  • Woman in her 70s from Morton County.
  • Woman in her 70s from Morton County.
  • Man in his 70s from Stark County.
  • Man in his 80s from Stutsman County.
  • Woman in her 90s from Stutsman County.
  • Man in his 80s from Ward County.
  • Man in his 90s from Ward County. 
  • Woman in her 90s from Wells County.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY 

  • Adams County - 4
  • Barnes County – 7
  • Benson County – 22
  • Bottineau County - 4
  • Burleigh County - 49
  • Cass County – 132
  • Cavalier County - 2
  • Dickey County – 7
  • Dunn County – 1
  • Eddy County - 2
  • Foster County – 2
  • Grand Forks County – 31
  • Grant County – 2
  • Griggs County - 2
  • Kidder County - 2
  • LaMoure County – 3
  • Logan County - 2
  • McHenry County – 1
  • McIntosh County - 3
  • McKenzie County - 10
  • McLean County – 5
  • Mercer County - 2
  • Morton County – 18
  • Mountrail County – 13
  • Nelson County - 4
  • Pembina County – 2
  • Pierce County - 3
  • Ramsey County – 15
  • Ransom County – 2
  • Renville County - 2
  • Richland County - 12
  • Rolette County – 22
  • Sargent County – 1
  • Sioux County – 2
  • Slope County - 1
  • Stark County – 34
  • Steele County - 3
  • Stutsman County – 16
  • Towner County - 2
  • Traill County – 2
  • Walsh County - 11
  • Ward County – 18
  • Wells County - 6
  • Williams County – 25

* Note that this includes PCR tests and does not include individuals from out of state.

**Individuals who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters). Antigen tests (positive or negative) are not included in the calculation.

*** Number of individuals who tested positive with a PCR or antigen test and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. Please remember that deaths are reported as they’re reported to us by the facility or through the official death record (up to 10-day delay).

**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.

*****Daily positive numbers include people who tested with a PCR or antigen test. Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.