Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 10:56 am Categories:
COVID-19

BY THE NUMBERS

5,579 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

776,039 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

1,036 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

33,666 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

19.68% – Daily Positivity Rate**

6,032 Total Active Cases

+195 Individuals from yesterday

830 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (532 with a recovery date of yesterday****)

27,222 – Total recovered since the pandemic began

145 – Curren­tly Hospitalized

-8 - Individuals from yesterday

4 – New Deaths*** (412 total deaths since the pandemic began)

INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19

  • Woman in her 80s from Cass County with underlying health conditions.
  • Woman in her 80s from Cass County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 70s from Ramsey County with underlying health conditions.
  • Man in his 60s from Stark County with underlying health conditions.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

  • Barnes County - 6
  • Benson County – 3
  • Bottineau County – 5
  • Bowman County – 2
  • Burke County - 4
  • Burleigh County - 219
  • Cass County – 161
  • Dickey County – 10
  • Divide County – 4
  • Dunn County - 4
  • Eddy County – 3
  • Emmons County - 3
  • Foster County – 11
  • Golden Valley County - 4
  • Grand Forks County – 192
  • Griggs County - 4
  • Hettinger County - 5
  • Kidder County – 4
  • Logan County – 1
  • McHenry County – 5
  • McIntosh County - 5
  • McKenzie County – 9
  • McLean County - 28
  • Mercer County - 7
  • Morton County – 58
  • Mountrail County – 11
  • Nelson County - 1
  • Oliver County – 1
  • Pembina County - 9
  • Pierce County - 5
  • Ramsey County – 8
  • Ransom County – 6
  • Renville County - 2
  • Richland County – 19
  • Rolette County – 9
  • Sargent County - 3
  • Sheridan County – 1
  • Sioux County - 4
  • Stark County – 23
  • Steele County - 2
  • Stutsman County – 35
  • Towner County - 8
  • Traill County - 9
  • Walsh County - 11
  • Ward County – 81
  • Wells County - 3
  • Williams County – 28

* 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.