North Dakota reports an increase in active COVID-19 cases and 2 additional deaths – Grand Forks Herald

The number of active cases in North Dakota has been slowly increasing throughout the week.

Cass County, which encompasses Fargo, had the most known active cases on Wednesday with 886 cases. Burleigh County, which includes Bismarck, had 533 active cases, and Ward County, which includes Minot, had 362.

The state's 14-day rolling average positivity rate was 7.05% as of Wednesday, Nov. 10.

Three children under 12 years of age were hospitalized due to COVID-19 as of Thursday.

As of Wednesday, there were seven available staffed ICU beds statewide, according to a Department of Health database.

Thursday's two additional COVID-19 deaths reported were residents of Williams and Burleigh County.

FIRST DOSE ADMINISTERED: 383,590 (57.4% of population ages 12 and up)

FULL VACCINE COVERAGE*: 360,823 (54% of population ages 12 and up)

North Dakota has administered more than 80,000 third doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the majority of which are booster doses.

The North Dakota Department of Health reports the state's vaccination rate for all residents eligible, which includes now children ages 5 to 11. The one dose vaccination rate for all North Dakotans above 5 years old is 51.5%, which is lower than the state's 12 and up rate because few children have been vaccinated so far.

Nearly 3% of the more than 82,000 children ages 5 to 11 have received their first dose of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine since it became available last week.

The Department of Health encourages individuals to get information about vaccines at http://www.health.nd.gov/covidvaccinelocator.

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Readers can reach reporter Michelle Griffith, a Report for America corps member, at mgriffith@forumcomm.com.

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