Practically half of North Dakota counties are actually thought of to have a excessive threat for coronavirus transmission, and 17 persons are reported to have died with COVID-19 up to now week.
The variety of weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions has topped 100 for the primary time for the reason that state went to weekly pandemic reporting in mid-March. The full hit 102 this week, up from 91 the earlier week, in keeping with the state Well being Division’s coronavirus dashboard, which is up to date each Friday.
The share of North Dakota hospital sufferers with COVID-19 additionally ticked up this week, to about 5.1% of occupied inpatient beds and 6.5% of intensive care unit beds statewide. That is up from 4.5% and 5%, respectively, per week in the past.
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The variety of weekly COVID-19 instances within the state slid backward, nonetheless, totaling 1,820, down from 1,952 the earlier week. That ended a six-week stretch of will increase tied to extremely contagious mutations of the omicron variant of the virus. The seven-day case whole for Burleigh and Morton counties was 216, the fourth straight week of a lower.
Each Burleigh and Morton stay at a excessive transmission threat, nonetheless, in keeping with the federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. Twenty-one different North Dakota counties are also at excessive threat, and 17 are thought of at medium threat. The opposite 13 counties are thought of at low threat.
County threat ranges might be discovered at https://bit.ly/3AfSY2A. The CDC recommends that individuals in high-risk areas put on a masks indoors in public and on public transportation, no matter vaccination standing.
Federal knowledge confirmed 17 new virus-related deaths in North Dakota up to now week, elevating the state’s pandemic whole to 2,326. County-level demise knowledge just isn’t accessible. There have been 261,045 confirmed COVID-19 instances in North Dakota throughout the pandemic that started in March 2020.
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Federal knowledge reveals that North Dakota continues to have among the lowest COVID-19 vaccination charges within the nation: 67.2% of adults within the state are absolutely vaccinated, with the speed for all vaccine-eligible individuals — age 5 and older — at 60.8%. The nationwide averages are 77.2% and 71.5%, respectively.
COVID-19 booster photographs are beneficial for individuals 12 and older. North Dakota’s first booster price is 46.4%, in comparison with 49.8% nationally. Second booster doses can be found for 3 important teams of individuals:
- All adults 50 years and older.
- All individuals 12 years or older who’re reasonably to severely immunocompromised.
- Adults 18 to 49 years who obtained two doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
State Well being Division steering and assets for companies is at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.
Go to https://www.ndvax.org or https://bit.ly/3N3IMxb or name 866-207-2880 to see the place COVID-19 vaccine is accessible. Data on free public testing and free check kits is at well being.nd.gov/covidtesting. Extra detailed pandemic info is at www.well being.nd.gov/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.