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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Burgum to host COVID-19 press briefing

June 5, 2020

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June 5th, 2020 COVID-19 Press Conference – ND Joint Information Center Posted by North Dakota Department of Health on Friday, June 5, 2020 BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum will hold a press briefing at 3 p.m. today to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota. He will be joined by North Dakota Supreme Court Chief…

Gov. Walz loosens coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, gyms, churches, entertainment venues

June 5, 2020

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Friday he is loosening more coronavirus-related restrictions on Minnesota businesses. Walz will allow restaurant indoor dining, fitness centers, churches and some entertainment venues to reopen at a limited capacity on next Wednesday, June 10. “We can’t get complacent. We can’t get lazy,” Walz says. Economic development commissioner Steve Grove pointed to the…

Five additional COVID-19 deaths in North Dakota

June 5, 2020

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BISMARCK, ND — North Dakota Department of Health reported 5 additional deaths due to coronovirus. That means 71 people have died from COVID-19 since records have been kept. There were also 40 additional positive cases reported. North Dakota now has 2,745 positive cases reported. INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19 Man in his 90s from Cass County with underlying health conditions….

Sanford Urging People To Get Wellness Checks

Doctors are noticing that patients are coming to the hospital with more advanced conditions because they wait too long to get care.

June 4, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – Sanford is asking people who have put off wellness checks due to COVID-19 to visit their clinics and get a check up. Sanford will be hosting a Wellness Blitz starting today and running through mid June at all of their primary care clinics in the metro. Doctors are noticing that patients are coming to the hospital with…

North Dakota reports 27 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths Thursday

June 4, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 27 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Seven counties report new cases including Barnes, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Mountrail, Richland and Sargent Counties. North Dakota’s COVID-19 numbers: 2,706 positive cases, 32 current hospitalizations, 2,209 people recovered and 66 deaths. Cass County accounts for 1,803 of the total positive cases and 55 of the…

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Burgum to host COVID-19 press briefing

June 3, 2020

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BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum is holding a press briefing to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. Burgum will be joined by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Mike Faith and NDIAC Executive Director Scott Davis The North Dakota Department of Health reported a total of 2,679 positive cases, 34 current hospitalizations, 2,169 people recovered and 66 deaths. Categories: Coronavirus, Coronavirus-ND,…

LIVE: Coronavirus Fears Stop Blood Donations

They say it's safe. Here's what to expect when you go in to donate.

June 3, 2020

Emily Welker,

Vitalant is behind only one other agency in supplying most of the nation’s blood collection. Yet, as we hover between two major disasters — the global pandemic rampaging through America, and the death of George Floyd at the hands of police and the civil unrest that’s followed — Vitalant has seen nearly 2,000 blood drives cancelled. Katie Bartelson, Vitalant’s senior…

WATCH LIVE: City of Fargo to host COVID-19 press briefing at 11 a.m.

June 3, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.–The City of Fargo is hosting a press briefing at 11 a.m. to provide updates and discuss the Fargo-Moorhead area’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Government officials from the city and county level, public health experts, and Sanford Health and Essentia Health will speak at the briefing. The speakers will include: Director of Fargo Cass Public Health Desi Fleming…

North Dakota reports 22 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths on Tuesday

June 2, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 22 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths on Tuesday. Five counties report new cases including Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Mountrail and Ward Counties. A woman in her 60s, a woman in her 80s, a woman in her 90s and a man in his 90s died. All four individuals had underlying health conditions…

First Responder’s Big Baby Shower

She's given so much to her community. Now they're giving right back to her.

June 2, 2020

Emily Welker,

Becoming a first-time parent is something that requires a fair amount of bravery. Becoming a first-time parent in the middle of a global pandemic? That requires nerves of steel. But for Taylor Scott, bravery comes as second nature. The volunteer firefighter has been serving her community of Thompson, ND for some time now, up to and including working on her…