BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota reported 497 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, contributing to an all-time high for active coronavirus cases statewide at 3,672.
The state also reported one of the largest single-day tallies for deaths from COVID-19 with eight people dying from the disease. The waves of cases and hospitalizations have prompted concerns that hospitals are nearing their capacity, the Bismark Tribune reported.
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There are currently 104 people in hospitals statewide with COVID-19. They occupy roughly 5% of the state’s total hospital beds, but employees of hospitals in the Bismark area told the COVID-19 task force for Burleigh and Morton counties that the influx in patients has disrupted hospital operations.
North Dakota has reported the nation’s highest number of new cases per capita in the last two weeks, at roughly 684 new cases per 100,000 people.
The Department of Health reported the results of 7,747 total tests and a positivity rate of 6.9%.
Over the course of the pandemic, 20,380 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. About 81% of those people have fully recovered, but 3,672 have active infections and 227 have died.
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