Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 11:05 am Categories:
COVID-19

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.