Burgum says Cass County not moving up to 'yellow' COVID-19 risk level in defiance of state's criteria - INFORUM

Cass' active case count also sharply rose to 480 on Monday, giving it the second highest amount of any county in the state.

The Republican governor said many of the cases in the state's largest metro area have come in young people, including North Dakota State University students, who are at a lower risk of suffering a serious illness from COVID-19.

Earlier in the day, the North Dakota Department of Health reported 255 new cases of COVID-19 on another record-breaking day.

Eighty of the new cases reported Monday came from Cass County.

The county has the most active cases in the state with 513.

Morton County, which sits just west of Burleigh County and includes Mandan, reported 13 new cases and has 216 active cases.

Stark County reported 34 new cases of the illness, bringing its active case count to 249.

Grand Forks County reported 32 new cases Monday, bringing the county to 273 active cases.

Twenty-four counties reported at least one case Monday, including many small, rural counties.

All but four of the 53 counties in the state have at least one active case.