July 20, 2021 - 7:58am | By Greg Neft
(Bismarck, ND) -- North Dakota is seeing a massive increase in delta variant COVID-19 cases. The state experienced a 19-hundred-percent jump in the last week. State health officials say the delta variant is possible 60 to 80-percent more infectious than previous strains. North Dakota has the eleventh lowest vaccination rate in the nation at just under 40-percent.