Fargo’s Cass County reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Minot’s Ward County and Bismarck’s Burleigh County added 15 and 14 new cases, respectively.
Grand Forks County, Mandan’s Morton County, and Williston’s Williams County each reported six new cases.
Adams, Barnes, Bowman, McHenry, Mountrail, Oliver, Pembina, Ramsey, Rolette, Stark, and Stutsman counties all reported three or fewer new cases.
The new cases arose from 4,060 tests for a daily positivity rate of 2.5%.
The department also reported two COVID-19-related deaths. The deaths caused the state’s death toll from the virus to rise to 1,428. Of those who tested positive for COVID-19 in the state, 1.5% died.
Active cases continued to decline, dropping to 844 Saturday. Active cases fell in three digits in the past week, which marks the first time that active cases have hovered below 1,000 since late July.
Burleigh County led the state with 134 active cases on Saturday, up slightly from last week’s figure.
The number of active cases in Cass County fell 37% in the past week, from 198 to 125.
Ward County and Grand Forks County were 85 and 78 active cases, respectively, Saturday. Williams County had a total of 68 active cases, while Morton County had 54.
With 66 active cases per 10,000 residents, Eddy County is again leading the state in active cases per capita. Thirteen North Dakota counties had zero active business on Saturday.
Thirty-six North Dakotans are currently hospitalized because of COVID-19.
Across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted 26,653,558 cases of the virus and 457,762 virus-related deaths. The CDC also reported that 39 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered.
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