The announcement, just a week after Pfizer first revealed promising preliminary results, comes as the company is preparing within days to formally ask U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of the vaccine.
Our previous reporting shows about 3 percent of students tested positive for COVID-19 this past week, but it impacted about 37 percent of the student population considered close contacts.
In total, the state saw 33,725 reported cases of STDs including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis--that’s an increase of 1,701 cases from the year before.
Five new deaths are reported, bringing the death toll to 1,490. 38 deaths are now considered probable COVID-19, meaning a positive test result isn’t on file.
The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 Friday — eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stretches in late April — in a resurgence that has led some governors to backtrack or at least pause the reopening of their states.
– Gov. Doug Burgum will hold a press briefing at 3:30 p.m. today to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota. He will be joined by Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard and Director of the Department of Emergency Services.
Nine new deaths are reported from the virus, bringing the death toll to 1,393. Of those deaths, 1,101 happened in a nursing home or long-term care facility.
The state says nine new deaths are reported, bringing the death toll to 1,313. Of those deaths, 1,041 happened in a nursing home or long-term care facility.