Burgum to lift COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 30

Gov. Doug Burgum says he will lift North Dakota’s COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 30 as the state shifts to increasing vaccination rates.

Burgum declared a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 on March 13, (2020) two days after North Dakota had confirmed its first virus case.

According to Burgum lifting the emergency declaration recognizes the tremendous progress the state has made navigating the pandemic.

Over 510,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in North Dakota, which has an estimated population of 762,000.  More than 62% of North Dakotans ages 50 years or older have received at least one dose, and over 54% are fully vaccinated.

North Dakota has confirmed 106,218 positive cases of COVID since the start of the pandemic with 1,484 deaths.