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Statewide COVID-19 cases reach new peak

"The numbers are starting to go in the wrong direction," Governor Burgum announced during his weekly coronavirus press conference Wednesday. In the seven days prior, a total of 1,003 North Dakotans had tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the state's active case count close to 1,400 for the first time since the pandemic began.

Yet, two of the main metrics to which Burgum pays close attention rem...