BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota health officials say hospitalizations due to the coronavirus dropped from 93 to 85 in the last day, with 13 patients currently requiring treatment in intensive care units.
Hospitals across the state have seen a steady drop in patients since the middle of November, a time when many of the largest facilities scrambled to provide staffed ICU beds.
The state’s hospital tracker shows there are currently 31 staffed ICU beds and 326 staffed inpatient beds available throughout the state. Health officials reported 341 new positive tests in the last 24 hours, for a total of 93,832 since the pandemic began. Nearly 7,000 tests were processed, for a daily positive rate of 5.4%.


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