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Collected Item: “Governor Bergum adjusts COVID-19 risk level for North Dakota counties”

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Governor Bergum adjusts COVID-19 risk level for North Dakota counties

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Images found on the North Dakota Department of Health Twitter page.

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In the early stages of the pandemic, North Dakota shut down like every other state. However, during reopening over the summer, safety protocols, such as masks, were not state mandated, only recommended. This has led us to being the state with the highest cases of COVID in the U.S. right now. During Governor Burgum’s press briefing on October 29, 2020 he adjusted the COVID-19 risk levels for various counties in North Dakota, bumping nearly half of the counties in the state into high risk categories and a quarter of the rest into moderate risk. Governor Bergum is still not pushing for a mandate on wearing masks in public areas, only recommending it.

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NorthDakota, HighRiskState, WearAMask, ASU, HST485, RuralVoices

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https://twitter.com/NDDOH/status/1321952816093630466

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North Dakota Department of Health

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2020-10-29
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