ND Health Officials: Nearly 48% Of State Residents Fully Vaccinated Against COVID

(Bismarck, ND)  --  North Dakota is nearly the 50-percent mark with respect to COVID-19 vaccinations.  According to state health officials, more than two-hundred-85-thousand North Dakota residents comprising more than 47-percent of the state's population, are fully vaccinated against the virus.  Slightly more than 50 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.  Meanwhile, one new coronavirus-related death was reported yesterday, boosting the cumulative fatality count to more than 15-hundred.  There are 14-new COVID-19 cases.  The statewide case count now stands at over a hundred-ten-thousand.