BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota health officials on Sunday reported 34 new cases of the coronavirus out of 1,650 tests that were processed at the state laboratory.
The update increased the total number of positive tests to 109,976 since the start of the pandemic. One in every 1,299 people in North Dakota tested positive in the past week, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.
The number of fatalities remained unchanged at 1,457, which is the 11th highest per capita in the country at about 196 deaths per 100,000 people, researchers said. Three counties have reported more than 100 deaths, with 196 in Cass, 190 in Ward and 187 in Burleigh.
Hospitalizations remained unchanged at 16, with three of those patients being treated in intensive care units.
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