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May 04, 2020 - 8:35am | By Leah Backstrom
NOTE - Below is a radio-friendly notepad used on the Need To Know Morning Show on AM1100 The Flag WZFG. Spelling, punctuation, etc are not edited.
HERE ARE THE KEY NUMBERS THIS MORNING.....
IN NORTH DAKOTA.... the 3 NUMBERS WE'RE WATCHING FROM SUNDAY’S REPORT -- FIRST THE POSITIVE RATE ....38 POSITIVE OUT OF 1,806 TOTAL TESTS....THATS 2.1 PERCENT - below THE 7 AND 14 DAY AVERAGES…...SECOND, THE HOSPITALIZED NUMBER IS AT 31...DOWN ONE FROM THE DAY BEFORE… THIRD THE DEATH COUNT ....AT 25 AFTER A MAN IN HIS 90’S WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS DIED SATURDAY... 33 OF THE 38 POSITIVES IN THE SUNDAY REPORT WERE FROM CASS COUNTY...
IN MINNESOTA - 435 POSITIVE OUT OF A SAMPLE SIZE OF 3625.....AT 12 PERCENT THAT'S BELOW THE 7 AND 14 DAY AVERAGE.... .SUNDAY's REPORT SHOWS 24 DEATHS - ABOVE THE 7 AND 14 DAY AVERAGES..........IN ALL, 419 AVE DIED - 13 IN CASS COUNTY …..FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS....373 IN ALL - 155 OF THEM IN ICU........
IN SOUTH DAKOTA -....4 NEW DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND...NOW 21 IN ALL…..71 ARE HOSPITALIZED, DOWN 5 OVER THE WEEKEND...
ACROSS THE U-S......JUST OVER 5-THOUSAND HAVE DIED OVER THE LAST 3 DAYS AND THAT’S BELOW THE 7 AND 14 DAY AVERAGE...IN ALL, JUST OVER 68-THOUSAND HAVE DIED.......
ACROSS THE WORLD DOCTORS SAY 248-THOUSAND ARE DEAD ......UP 14-THOUSAND OVER THE LAST 3 DAYS….BELOW THE 7 AND 14 DAY AVERAGES......
HERE ARE YOUR MONDAY MORNING HEADLINES -
FARGO CITY HALL REOPENS FOR BUSINESS TODAY...STAFF WILL WEAR MASKS, AND VISITORS WHO NEED TO COME WITHIN 6 FEET OF A STAFF MEMBER WILL BE ASKED TO WEAR ONE TOO...PUBLIC MEETINGS CAN BE HELD IN PERSON AGAIN IF A VIRTUAL MEETING IS NOT POSSIBLE...
A SECOND DAY OF TESTING AT THE FARGODOME TODAY….THE ND NATIONAL GUARD AND FARGO CASS PUBLIC HEALTH DID AN EVENT YESTERDAY WHERE THEY WERE HOPING TO 500 PEOPLE….TODAY’S EVENT WILL BE TO TEST THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS OR THOSE WHO HAVE COME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN ILL...IT STARTS AT 1 PM AND IS SCHEDULED TO LAST UNTIL 5:30…..THE GOAL AGAIN IS 500 TESTS….
A MEETING IS SCHEDULED TODAY TO SEE IF IN-PERSON VOTING IS STILL A POSSIBILITY IN CASS COUNTY….COUNTY AND CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL ATTEND...THE CURRENT PLAN IS FOR ALL MAILED BALLOTS FOR THE JUNE 9TH ELECTION, WHICH IS A PRIMARY FOR STATEWIDE RACES BUT AN IMPORTANT GENERAL ELECTION FOR CITY COMMISSIONERS, SCHOOL BOARDS, AND MORE...CASS COUNTY AUDITOR MIKE MONTPLAISIR SAYS HAVING EVERYONE SEND MAIL-IN BALLOTS COULD CREATE AN UNUSUAL ELECTION NIGHT SINCE BALLOTS NEED TO BE POSTMARKED BY THE DAY BEFORE BUT MAY NOT ALL BE RECEIVED IN TIME TO BE COUNTED BY ELECTION NIGHT WHICH COULD MEAN SOME RACES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE CALLED.
FARGO’S MAT BUS SYSTEM SAYS IT IS EXTENDING IT’S FARE-FREE POLICY….NO FARES WILL BE CHARGED UNTIL JUNE 30TH…
NO SPORTS TO WATCH APPARENTLY MEANS MORE PEOPLE FISHING….THE MINNESOTA DNR REPORTS THAT LICENSE SALES ARE UP 41 PERCENT, AND THE FASTEST GROWING CATEGORY WAS RESIDENT YOUTH - THOSE AGE 16 AND 17.
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO REPORTS THAT “Republicans in the Minnesota House are playing hardball in their effort to end the emergency powers Gov. Tim Walz has assumed DURING THE PANDEMIC…House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt announced Saturday that House Republicans will block passage of a package of infrastructure projects unless Walz’s emergency powers end.”
MOST U-S AIRLINES, STARTING TODAY, WILL REQUIRE YOU TO WEAR A MASK IF YOU FLY….
AND UBER SAYS IT WILL ROLL OUT A SIMILAR POLICY IN THE COMING WEEKS….
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IN A SUNDAY NIGHT VIRTUAL TOWN HALL THAT THE CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL COULD REACH 90-THOUSAND AMERICANS….
EARLIER SUNDAY, TASK FORCE DOCTOR DEBORAH BIRX SAID HER PROJECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BETWEEN 100 AND 240-THOUSAND, AND THAT’S WITH FULL MITIGATION AND SOCIAL DISTANCING…
Costco SAYS IT WILL BE limiting purchase of fresh beef, pork and poultry products to a total of three items per member….THIS COMES AS PACKING PLANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY THE VIRUS, FORCING SOME TO SHUT DOWN….
THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THAT INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS SHOW U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it….THE DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT while downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, China increased imports and decreased exports of medical supplies ALL WHILE FALSIFYING RECORDS TO COVER UP THE REASON WHY….
