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Burgum raises bar for receiving unemployment in North Dakota as COVID-19 cases mount in Bismarck - Grand Forks Herald
Jul 08, 2020 45 secs
BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov.

"As we work toward economic recovery and restoring consumer confidence in North Dakota, restoring a strong workforce is another important part of saving livelihoods," Burgum said in a press release.

Burgum also spoke Wednesday about the mounting COVID-19 cases in the Bismarck metro area.

Twenty-seven of the 73 new cases reported by the state Department of Health on Wednesday came from Burleigh and Morton counties.

Burleigh County, which encompasses Bismarck, now has the most known active cases in the state at 128 — more than triple the amount it had two weeks ago.

There are 439 residents of the state known to be infected with the illness — more than double the number of active cases on North Dakota's recent low point of June 22.

North Dakota's pandemic-high number of active cases came May 21, when 670 residents were infected.

A total of 3,971 North Dakota residents have tested positive, but 3,447 have recovered.

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