The change represents the number of new cases last week in comparison to three weeks ago for a two-week increase of 316%. Grand Forks County has only had four deaths in that amount of time, which Dulitz said was on par with deaths during the delta variant outbreak, as well as the numbers seen during most of fall 2021.
As the next semester approaches, SBHE member Nick Hacker said the system needs to maintain and continue its “strong mitigation efforts” at all of the campuses.