5 new positive cases reported in Stutsman County Friday

MINOT, N.D. – Across North Dakota, 179 positive tests were reported. Area counties with positive tests included one each in Foster and LaMoure counties. Cass County reported the most positive tests with 63.

The department reported the deaths of a man in his 70s from Burleigh County, a woman in her 70s from Cass County and a man in his 90s from Mercer County. The three deaths raise the statewide deaths to 1,478 people since the start of the pandemic.