The second death was a man in his 80s from Burleigh County. Both men had underlying health conditions.
The deaths brought the count of COVID-19-related deaths in the state to 92. Seventy-eight deaths list COVID-19 as the primary cause, while 14 others are pending death records or list COVID-19 as a secondary cause. Additionally, the state has listed four deaths of people who have allegedly been COVID-19 positive.
The state reported 113 new positive cases out of 5,533 tests in total, although more than half of them were administered to people who have already been evaluated. States announced 102 new recoveries and seven new hospitalizations on Sunday. Forty-five people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state.
Cass County, the state’s most populous area, added 26 new cases of the virus to lead the state. Grand Forks County reported 25 new cases, while Burleigh County added 16 cases. Manon Morton County registered 12 new cases. Williams and Walsh counties added nine and seven new cases, respectively.
Burke, Cavalier, Emmons, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail, Pembina, Richland, Sioux, Steele, Towner, Traill and Ward counties each added three or fewer new cases.
Despite having roughly a fifth of the total number of cases like Cass County, Burleigh County leads the state in active cases with 175, according to data from Saturday, July 18. Cass County has 163 active cases and Grand Forks County has 82 active cases.
The increase in active cases has slowed since a rapid rise after Independence Day. Active cases increased 62% from Monday, July 6 to Sunday, July 12. In the following week, active cases increased 13%. Still, active cases reached a pandemic of 796 according to data reported on Sunday.
North Dakota ranks seventh in the nation in per capita testing, ahead of current critical states of Texas and Florida, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. The state has reported a 3.75% positivity rate among the 133,854 unique individuals evaluated.
The state has counted the seventh lowest number of deaths and the eighth lowest number of cases in the nation, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In the United States, the CDC has reported 3,630,587 cases of COVID-19 and 138,782 deaths caused by the virus.
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