AS OF THIS MORNING NORTH DAKOTA STANDS AT 269 POSITIVE CASES OF COVID-19, 14 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED, 101 HAVE RECOVERED AND 5 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. AS OF THIS MORNING IN MN THERE HAVE BEEN 50 DEATHS DUE TO COVID -19 AND 567 CURRENT POSITIVE CASES 675 HAVE RECOVERED AND 293 PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED
CANADA'S ECONOMY LOST MORE THAN ONE MILLION JOBS IN MARCH DUE TO COVID-19, PUSHING THE JOBLESS RATE UP TO 7.8 PER CENT. ECONOMISTS HAD BEEN EXPECTING THE FIGURE TO COME IN AT AROUND 500,000 JOBS LOST, WHICH ALREADY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WORST MONTH FOR JOB LOSSES ON RECORD.
TODAY GOV. DOUG BURGUM AND THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NDDOH) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROUDCROWD, LAUNCHED A FREE MOBILE APP, CARE19, TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS APP WILL HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 BY MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE. ONCE THE APP IS DOWNLOADED, INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN A RANDOM ID NUMBER AND THE APP WILL ANONYMOUSLY CACHE THE INDIVIDUAL’S LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF AN INDIVIDUAL TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSENT TO PROVIDE THEIR INFORMATION TO THE NDDOH TO HELP IN CONTACT TRACING AND FORECASTING THE PANDEMIC’S PROGRESSION WITH ACCURATE, REAL-TIME DATA.
CANADA'S ECONOMY LOST MORE THAN ONE MILLION JOBS IN MARCH DUE TO COVID-19, PUSHING THE JOBLESS RATE UP TO 7.8 PER CENT. ECONOMISTS HAD BEEN EXPECTING THE FIGURE TO COME IN AT AROUND 500,000 JOBS LOST, WHICH ALREADY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WORST MONTH FOR JOB LOSSES ON RECORD.
TODAY GOV. DOUG BURGUM AND THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NDDOH) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROUDCROWD, LAUNCHED A FREE MOBILE APP, CARE19, TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS APP WILL HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 BY MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE. ONCE THE APP IS DOWNLOADED, INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN A RANDOM ID NUMBER AND THE APP WILL ANONYMOUSLY CACHE THE INDIVIDUAL’S LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF AN INDIVIDUAL TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSENT TO PROVIDE THEIR INFORMATION TO THE NDDOH TO HELP IN CONTACT TRACING AND FORECASTING THE PANDEMIC’S PROGRESSION WITH ACCURATE, REAL-TIME DATA.
