BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota health officials reported 234 new positive COVID-19 cases and one additional death on Tuesday.
The number of new positive cases included 110 in Grand Forks County. Health officials also confirmed 36 cases in Burleigh County and three in neighboring Morton County. The counties that include the Bismarck metropolitan area had been state’s hot spot for the virus in recent weeks.
The cases reported Tuesday raise the statewide total since the pandemic reached North Dakota in mid-March to 10,229. The state ranks sixth in the country for new cases per capita in the last two weeks, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Health officials said the number of active cases was 1,681 on Tuesday, an increase of 24 from Monday. North Dakota’s death toll stands at 138 as of Tuesday.
The victim was a man in his 90s from Morton County with an underlying health condition.
The number of North Dakota patients currently hospitalized was 50 on Tuesday, down one from Monday. There were 204 new recoveries reported, bringing the total number to 8,410 since the pandemic began.
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