Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 11:04 am Categories:
COVID-19

BY THE NUMBERS

6,493 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

782,486 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

516 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

34,165 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

8.35% – Daily Positivity Rate**

5,974 Total Active Cases

-58 Individuals from yesterday

546 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (403 with a recovery date of yesterday****)

27,768 – Total recovered since the pandemic began

152 – Curren­tly Hospitalized

+7 - Individuals from yesterday

10 – New Deaths*** (422 total deaths since the pandemic began)

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

  • Woman in her 70s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 70s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 80s from Emmons County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 60s from Kidder County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 60s from McLean County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 70s from McLean County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 80s from Oliver County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 80s from Stutsman County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 70s from Ward County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 90s from Ward County with underlying health conditions.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

  • Adams County - 3
  • Barnes County - 1
  • Benson County – 4
  • Billings County - 1
  • Bottineau County – 7
  • Bowman County – 3
  • Burke County - 4
  • Burleigh County - 42
  • Cass County – 97
  • Dickey County – 2
  • Dunn County - 1
  • Eddy County – 5
  • Emmons County - 1
  • Foster County – 9
  • Golden Valley County - 5
  • Grand Forks County – 32
  • Grant County - 2
  • Griggs County - 1
  • Hettinger County – 3
  • LaMoure County - 2
  • Logan County – 5
  • McHenry County – 4
  • McIntosh County - 8
  • McKenzie County – 13
  • McLean County - 20
  • Mercer County - 5
  • Morton County – 16
  • Mountrail County – 8
  • Nelson County - 2
  • Oliver County – 2
  • Pembina County - 3
  • Pierce County - 7
  • Ramsey County – 13
  • Ransom County – 1
  • Renville County - 1
  • Richland County – 8
  • Rolette County – 6
  • Sargent County - 2
  • Stark County – 27
  • Stutsman County – 11
  • Towner County - 3
  • Walsh County - 14
  • Ward County – 90
  • Wells County - 4
  • Williams County – 18

* 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.