Friday, January 8, 2021 - 11:05am Categories:
COVID-19

BY THE NUMBERS  

8,124 – Total Tests from yesterday* 

1,400,269 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began  

303 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****  

257 – PCR Tests | 46 - antigen tests 
94,438 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began  

4.21% – Daily Positivity Rate** 

2,122 - Total Active Cases   

+34 Individuals from yesterday.    

238 – with a recovery date of yesterday****  

90,964 – Total recovered since the pandemic began  

85 – Currently Hospitalized   

+2 - Individuals from yesterday.   

11 – New Deaths*** (1,352 total deaths since the pandemic began) 

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19 

  • Woman in her 80s from Barnes County.  
  • Woman in her 90s from Cass County.  
  • Woman in her 80s from Cass County.  
  • Woman in her 50s from Cass County.  
  • Man in his 70s from Grand Forks County. 
  • Woman in her 90s from McLean County.  
  • Man in his 80s from McLean County.   
  • Woman in her 80s from Morton County.  
  • Man in his 70s from Rolette County.  
  • Woman in her 80s from Stutsman County. 
  • Woman in her 70s from Ward County.  

 COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY  

  • Adams County - 3 
  • Barnes County – 3 
  • Benson County – 1 
  • Bottineau County - 1 
  • Bowman County - 3 
  • Burleigh County - 36 
  • Cass County – 52 
  • Dickey County – 6 
  • Divide County – 2 
  • Eddy County - 2 
  • Emmons County – 4 
  • Foster County – 2 
  • Golden Valley County - 6 
  • Grand Forks County – 30 
  • Grant County – 3 
  • Griggs County – 1 
  • Hettinger County - 1 
  • LaMoure County – 3 
  • Logan County – 1 
  • McKenzie County - 4 
  • McLean County – 4 
  • Mercer County - 4 
  • Morton County – 16 
  • Mountrail County – 1 
  • Nelson County – 2 
  • Pembina County – 1 
  • Ramsey County – 3 
  • Ransom County – 2 
  • Richland County - 9 
  • Rolette County – 10 
  • Sheridan County - 1 
  • Sioux County – 2 
  • Stark County – 20 
  • Steele County - 1 
  • Stutsman County – 8 
  • Towner County – 1
  • Traill County - 9 
  • Walsh County - 9 
  • Ward County – 24 
  • Williams County - 12 

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

**Individuals (PCR or antigen) 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 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.