COVID-19 Test Results

The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website.

BY THE NUMBERS

7,763 – Total Tests from Yesterday*

807,053 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began

936 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****

36,874 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began

12.64% – Daily Positivity Rate**

6,310 Total Active Cases

-53 Individuals from yesterday

981 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (749 with a recovery date of yesterday****)

30,116 – Total recovered since the pandemic began

166 – Curren­tly Hospitalized

-2 – Individuals from yesterday

8 – New Deaths*** (448 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.

Man in his 60s from Grand Forks County.

Man in his 70s from Pierce County.

Man in his 80s from Ward County.

Man in his 80s from Ward County.

Man in his 90s from Ward County.

Woman in her 90s from Ward County.

Woman in her 70s from Ward County.

Woman in her 60s from Williams County.

COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY

Adams County – 4

Barnes County – 8

Benson County – 12

Billings County – 1

Bottineau County – 4

Bowman County – 3

Burleigh County – 164

Cass County – 121

Cavalier County – 2

Dickey County – 13

Dunn County – 2

Eddy County – 3

Foster County – 2

Grand Forks County – 142

Grant County – 4

Griggs County – 3

Hettinger County – 4

Kidder County – 3

LaMoure County – 3

Logan County – 1

McHenry County – 5

McKenzie County – 8

McLean County – 21

Mercer County – 5

Morton County – 50

Mountrail County – 17

Nelson County – 4

Oliver County – 2

Pembina County – 6

Pierce County – 2

Ramsey County – 3

Ransom County – 6

Renville County – 1

Richland County – 18

Rolette County – 22

Sargent County – 3

Sheridan County – 1

Sioux County – 7

Stark County – 19

Steele County – 2

Stutsman County – 30

Towner County – 2

Traill County – 4

Walsh County – 19

Ward County – 117

Wells County – 20

Williams County – 43

* 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.

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.