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