Stutsman County has 20 new cases of coronavirus and one death was reported, according to information released Saturday, Dec. 5, from the North Dakota Department of Health. There are 121 active positive cases in Stutsman County.
The North Dakota Department of Health also reported the state had 18 deaths related to COVID-19. In addition to the death of a woman in her 90s in Stutsman County, the deaths occurred in people ranging in age from their 40s to 90s. There were three deaths in Ward County, two each in Cass and Sioux counties, and one in Benson, Eddy, LaMoure, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Pembina, Ramsey and Traill counties. The state surpassed 1,000 total deaths related to COVID-19 since the pandemic began with 1007 deaths reported Saturday.
Other counties in the Jamestown region reporting COVID-10 cases were Barnes, 14; LaMoure, six; Foster, four; Griggs, three; McIntosh and Wells, two each; and Dickey, Eddy and Kidder, one each. There are 5,021 total active positive cases in the state.
