Confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues climb in North Dakota

Health officials said Tuesday 13 additional people have tested positive for COVID-19 in North Dakota, bringing the state total to 122 cases. North Dakota reported its second and third deaths on Monday from complications of the Coronavirus.

The second and third victims included a woman in her 80s from McHenry County and a man in his 70s from Morton County. Both had underlying health conditions and both contracted the virus via community spread.

North Dakota’s other death came last Thursday, when Roger Lehne, formerly of Mahnomen, Minnesota, died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fargo on his 93rd birthday.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.