July 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State Anomalies
On July 8, 2020 North Dakota's Total deaths decreased by 4 with no clear explanation.
December 15, 2020 to March 7, 2021
Variables affected:
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negativeTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Stagnant Source State / Metric No Update
On December 15, 2020, North Dakota stopped updating its serology data and on March 5, 2021 they removed the values from their page. On April 7, 2021, we cleared values that were carried over from December 15, 2020 onward.
March 7, 2021
Variables affected:
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negative -
totalTestsPeopleViral
Tags: State Anomalies
On March 7, 2021, North Dakota’s **Total PCR tests (people)** decreased by 75 and **Negatives** decreased by 109 without explanation.
March 5, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
hospitalizedCumulative -
inIcuCurrently -
inIcuCumulative
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Anomalies
On March 5, 2021, North Dakota did not update its **Currently hospitalized**, **Cumulative hospitalized**, **Currently in ICU**, or **Cumulative in ICU** before the time of our daily update.
March 3, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: State Anomalies
On March 3, 2021, North Dakota's Ever hospitalized decreased by 3 without explanation.
February 27, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
death
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 27, 2021, North Dakota's Current Hospitalizations and Deaths numbers were not updated.
February 23, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 23, 2021, North Dakota's Ever hospitalized decreased by 1 without explanation.
February 19, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntigen -
totalTestsViral -
totalTestEncountersViral -
negative -
death -
inIcuCumulative
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On February 19, 2021, North Dakota did not update its **Total antigen tests (specimens)**, **Total PCR tests (test encounters)**, **Total PCR tests (specimens)**, **Negative PCR tests (people)**, **Cumulative in ICU**, or **Deaths (confirmed and probable)** before the time of our daily update.
February 18, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On February 18, 2021, North Dakota's reported number for **Cumulative hospitalized** decreased from 3,850 to 3,845 without explanation.
February 16, 2021
Variables affected:
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negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 16, 2021, North Dakota's Negative PCR tests (people) decreased by roughly 450 without explanation.
February 14, 2021
Variables affected:
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negative
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On February 14, 2021, North Dakota's **Negative PCR tests (people)** did not update in time for our publication.
February 13, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral
Tags: State Data Note State Anomalies
On February 13, 2021 North Dakota's reported **Total Tests (PCR)** declined by 822 without explanation.
February 10, 2021
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 10, 2021, North Dakota's Confirmed cases decreased by 32 due to an [assessment of software malfunction](https://www.health.nd.gov/news/update-public-health-laboratory-completes-assessment-software-malfunction) which rendered these cases inconclusive.
February 9, 2021
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral -
positive -
inIcuCumulative
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 9, 2021, North Dakota’s Confirmed cases dropped by 62 without explanation, from 93,610 to 93,548 and their Cases (confirmed and probable) dropped by 11. Additionally, their Ever in ICU decreased by 1.
February 6, 2021
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On February 6, 2021, North Dakota’s **Confirmed cases** decreased by 36 without explanation.
February 2, 2021
Variables affected:
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inIcuCumulative -
death
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On February 02, 2021, North Dakota did not update its Cumulative in ICU or Deaths (confirmed and probable) before the time of our daily update.
January 9, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral -
negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On January 9, 2021, North Dakota's Total PCR tests (people) decreased by 98 and their Negative PCR tests (people) decreased by 118 without explanation.
September 1, 2020 to January 4, 2021
Variables affected:
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negative -
totalTestsViral -
totalTestsAntigen -
totalTestEncountersViral
Tags: CTP Backfill
Un-lump PCR specimens and encounters from NDs data download files, and backfill antigen specimens. Also update frozen negatives
January 1, 2021
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Data Note
On January 1, 2021, Alaska, Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, the Northern Mariana Islands, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont did not update their data, presumably due to the New Years holiday.
December 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Variables affected:
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negative
Tags: State Anomalies
From December 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020, we carried over the existing value for **Negative PCR Tests (people)** while we evaluated the source for that metric. On January 5, 2021 the values for Negatives were backfilled from the states data downloads, and decreased by approximately 2,000 on December 30 and 600 on December 31, 2020.
December 30, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestEncountersViral -
totalTestsPeopleViral -
totalTestResults -
totalTestsViral
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
As of December 30, 2020, North Dakota's total test metrics [now include both antigen and PCR test results](https://twitter.com/NDDOH/status/1344329384262451201).
December 25, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 25, 2020, Alaska, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont did not update their data due to the Christmas holiday.
December 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On December 21, 2020, North Dakota's Negative PCR tests (people) decreased by 31 without explanation.
December 15, 2020 to December 17, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
hospitalizedCumulative -
inIcuCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 15, 2020 through December 17, 2020, North Dakota announced that they were resolving a technical issue with their dashboard. As a result, the hospitalization dashboard was unavailable, and we were unable to update their **Currently hospitalized**, **Currently in ICU**, **Ever hospitalized**, and **Ever in ICU**.
December 15, 2020 to December 16, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
inIcuCumulative -
hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Data Note
On December 15, 2020 through December 16, 2020, North Dakota announced that they were resolving a technical issue with their dashboard. As a result, the hospitalization dashboard was unavailable, and we were unable to update their Currently hospitalized, Currently in ICU, Ever hospitalized, and Even in ICU.
December 15, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCumulative -
inIcuCurrently -
hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Anomalies
On December 15, 2020, North Dakota temporarily removed their hospitalization data from their COVID-19 page due to technical difficulties. As a result, we were unable to update their *Currently hospitalized**, **Currently in ICU**, **Ever hospitalized**, and **Ever in ICU** on December 15, 2020.
December 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State Anomalies
On December 13, 2020, we obtained ND *Now hospitalized** data from ND social media.
December 10, 2020 to December 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Anomalies
On December 12, 2020, North Dakota had significant dashboard issues due to the addition of antigen tests. As a result, their hospitalization and ICU metrics are not available. We have made the decision to temporarily use the Currently hospitalized value posted by the state on Twitter until the metrics return to the dash.
December 11, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently -
hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Anomalies
On On December 11, 2020, North Dakota continued having significant dashboard issues due to the addition of antigen tests. As a result, their hospitalization and ICU metrics are not showing. We have made the decision to temporarily use the Currently hospitalized value posted by the state on Twitter until the metrics return to the dash.
December 10, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative -
hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 10, North Dakota continued having significant dashboard issues due to the addition of antigen tests. As a result, their hospitalization and ICU metrics are not showing, and we were unable to update these metrics today.
March 10, 2020 to December 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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probableCases -
positiveCasesViral -
positive
Tags: CTP Backfill
The state started reporting probables cases, and published a time series for confirmed and probables cases (starting in the beginning of October, 2020). We're using this data to backfill the Positive Cases (PCR), positive and probable cases metrics
May 27, 2020 to December 9, 2020
Variables affected:
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deathProbable
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP API / Logic Changes
On December 9, 2020, North Dakota reported that their deaths included those who had a positive PCR or antigen test. We were previously capturing positive deaths as confirmed and presumptive deaths as probable, but since it is now clear that they include antigen and PCR positives, and since North Dakota does not call these confirmed deaths, we are now reporting these deaths as Deaths (confirmed + probable).
May 3, 2020 to December 9, 2020
Variables affected:
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deathConfirmed
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP API / Logic Changes
On December 9, 2020, North Dakota reported that their deaths included those who had a positive PCR or antigen test. We were previously capturing positive deaths as confirmed, but since it is now clear that they include antigen and PCR positives, and since North Dakota does not call these confirmed deaths, we are now reporting these deaths as Deaths (confirmed + probable).
December 9, 2020
Variables affected:
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probableCases
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note Other
ND: On December 9, 2020, North Dakota began reporting antigen tests, which we are reporting as Probable Cases. Until we can obtain a time series of the previous dates these tests were conducted, they will all be reported for 12/09/2020. North Dakota also made a number of changes to its data dashboard on this date that might affect our data reporting.
December 8, 2020 to December 9, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Data Note
On December 8, 2020, North Dakota announced that they would not be updating their website on December 8, 2020 due to site construction as they prepare to add antigen tests to their dashboard. As a result, we were unable to update their data on December 8, 2020.
December 3, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently -
hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Process / Source Change
On December 3, 2020, North Dakota stopped reporting patients Hospitalized with COVID on their COVID-19 dashboard to “eliminate the discrepancy” between patients Hospitalized with COVID and patients Hospitalized due to COVID. To allow our data quality team time to investigate this matter, we carried over North Dakota's Currently hospitalized and Currently in ICU on December 3, 2020, and patched them on December 4, 2020. As of December 3, 2020, North Dakota’s Currently hospitalized will include only patients hospitalized due to COVID.
December 3, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Data Note
On December 3, 2020, North Dakota posted on their dashboard: “Because two data sets are being used to populate the DUE TO and WITH COVID numbers, we’re removing WITH COVID to eliminate the discrepancy.” As a result, we carried over the previous day's Currently hospitalized and Currently in ICU values.
December 2, 2020
Variables affected:
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negativeTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 2, 2020, North Dakota did not provide an update to their serology testing data.
May 3, 2020 to November 30, 2020
Variables affected:
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death -
deathConfirmed
Tags: CTP Backfill State Annotation / Source Change CTP Process / Source Change
Over the past week, a gap has opened between the number of COVID-19 deaths North Dakota's health department reports and The COVID Tracking Project’s counts of deaths in the state. On November 30, North Dakota’s health department dashboard reported 927 cumulative COVID-19 deaths, but The COVID Tracking Project recorded 680. This is because we track deaths due to COVID, instead of deaths among cases in the state.
It’s clear that a reporting backlog is to blame for most of the widening discrepancy between figures: The share of COVID-19-positive individuals who died in North Dakota with death certificates still pending has doubled since the beginning of November. To better reflect the reality of rising deaths in North Dakota, we are changing our method for counting deaths in the state to the other main paradigm for tracking deaths: counting deaths among cases.
November 30, 2020
Variables affected:
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negativeTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On November 30, 2020, North Dakota did not update their serology testing numbers.
November 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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death -
deathConfirmed -
deathProbable
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On November 27, 2020, North Dakota did not update their deaths data.
November 26, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On November 26, 2020, the listed states either released partial updates or did not update their data at all.
November 26, 2020
Variables affected:
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negativeTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody -
death -
deathConfirmed -
deathProbable
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On November 26, 2020, North Dakota did not update their antibody testing and deaths numbers for the third straight day.
November 25, 2020
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State / Metric No Update
Starting November 24th, and continuing on November 25th, North Dakota has not updated its deaths reporting.
November 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestEncountersViral
Tags: CTP Process / Source Change
On November 13, 2020, the dashboard (942,125) and file download (942,103) for Total PCR tests (test encounters) had inconsistent values. We used the number from the dashboard.
November 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral -
positive -
hospitalizedCurrently -
recovered
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On November 12, 2020, North Dakota [announced] (https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/north-dakota-coronavirus-cases) that the higher than normal fluctuations in tests, cases, hospitalizations and recoveries may be seen in the data from the week of November 9, 2020, due to a software issue which has been resolved.
November 11, 2020
Variables affected:
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negativeTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody -
totalTestEncountersViral -
negative -
totalTestsPeopleViral -
hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
hospitalizedCumulative -
inIcuCumulative -
recovered -
death -
deathConfirmed -
deathProbable
Tags: State Resumed Metric
On November 11, 2020, North Dakota reported two days of data for all metrics except for Total PCR tests (specimens), Positive PCR tests (people), and Positive cases (confirmed + probable).
November 10, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral -
positiveCasesViral -
positive
Tags: State Data Note CTP Process / Source Change
On November 10, 2020, North Dakota reported that their software for hospitalization metrics was down, an issue which also impacts active cases. We updated Total PCR tests (specimens), Positive PCR tests (people), and Positive cases (confirmed + probable) from their daily news release. We carried over all other values.
October 28, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody
On 10/28/20, North Dakota did not update their serology testing numbers.
October 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody
On 10/27/20, North Dakota's Total antibody tests (specimens), Positive antibody tests (specimens), and Negative antibody tests (specimens) did not update.
October 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently
On 10/8, ND provided new hospitalization metrics, separating between DUE TO COVID (where COVID was not the primary reason but there exists a positive test) and WITH COVID (where COVID is the primary reason). For Currently Hospitalized and Currently in ICU, we used the WITH COVID numbers.
October 7, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody
On 10/7, the serology testing data returned to ND's website.
October 6, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody
On 10/6, the serology testing section from ND's website disappeared. We carried over values for Total Antibody Tests, Positive Antibody Tests, and Negative Antibody Tests.
March 10, 2020 to September 11, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestResults
Tags: CTP API / Logic Changes
As of September 11, 2020, North Dakota’s totalTestResults are drawn from totalTestEncountersViral. The number of unique people tested is available in our API as totalTestsPeopleViral.
March 10, 2020 to September 10, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestEncountersViral -
positiveCasesViral -
positive -
totalTestsPeopleViral -
totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill New Dataset / Timeseries
Fill North Dakota's PCR testing data: encounters, positives (including confirmed) specimens and people. From a new data file published by ND on 2020-09-08
September 9, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestEncountersViral
Tags: New Metric
On September 9, 2020, North Dakota began reporting “Susceptible Encounters” on its dashboard, which are defined as test encounters excluding those who have tested positive after the first time. We have begun recording the value in our Total PCR tests (test encounters) field.
August 19, 2020
Variables affected:
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negative
Because of the ND dashboard update on 8/19, negatives are no longer reported on their dash, so we now calculate Negatives by summing the “Total Negative” column in the table titled “By County - Total Unique Tests, Positives, Negatives, Recovered, and Deaths”.
August 19, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently -
inIcuCumulative
On 8/19, ND redesigned their dashboard, and started reporting both current and cumulative ICU, which we have never had values for before.
August 12, 2020 to August 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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dataQualityGrade
States Grades not published for 8/12-8/13
July 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On July 13, 2020, North Dakota's dashboard was unavailable during our publish shift due to technical problems. The data was added to our time series late July 13, 2020 when the dashboard was restored.
May 3, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Variables affected:
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death -
deathConfirmed -
deathProbable
Tags: CTP Process / Source Change CTP Backfill State Annotation / Source Change
On May 3, 2020, North Dakota began providing counts of deaths for lab-confirmed individuals with death records still pending, and lab-confirmed individuals who died but not due to COVID. As of July 1, 2020, we have edited our figures to exclude these numbers from our death counts, resulting in an apparent drop from 24 deaths on May 2, 2020 to 16 on May 3, 2020.
May 31, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody
Tags: New Metric
On May 31, 2020, North Dakota began reporting positive, negative and total antibody tests.
April 5, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: New Metric
On April 5, 2020, North Dakota started reporting Now hospitalized.
March 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: New Metric
On March 27, 2020, North Dakota started reporting recovered cases. We began capturing the metric in our recovered field.