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North Dakota county with highest COVID-19 death rate now leads state in vaccinations Dickey County has North Dakota s highest COVID-19 death rate per capita, but residents have flipped the pandemic narrative with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines. Written By: Jeremy Turley | × Dickey County Health District nurses Amber Miller, left, and Laurie Wang work at the agency s building in Ellendale, N.D., on May 5, 2021. Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service ELLENDALE, N.D. Dickey County, N.D., is a place of extremes when it comes to the coronavirus. Last fall, the county south of Jamestown was the state s rural epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. With one of the highest infection rates in the nation, its perfectly rectangular shape often appeared colored in a deep red hue on virus heatmaps. ....