Oasis Headed For Bankruptcy; Covid-19 Paints The Bakken Red; Sturgis Rally Update -- South Dakota Looks Better Than Surrounding States -- September 22, 2020

Screenshots from The Williston Herald.

Oasis apparently headed for bankruptcy.

President Trump's White House task force on Covid-19 paints Williams County red:

Links:

• White House task force.
• For North Dakota:
• flattening the curve:
• case fatality rate: 0.8%
• hospital beds: 68% occupied which is "normal" for this time of the year
• ICU bed: 47% occupied which is "normal" for this time of the year

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Sturgis Rally Update

Link here.

Sturgis Rally: August 7 - August 16, 2020.

At link above, set "search" for "yesterday."

Number of cases means absolutely nothing.

Number of deaths associated with Covid-19 "means more" but numbers are incredibly questionable. Criteria for diagnosis varies across jurisdiction.

But be that as it may, new deaths in last 24 hours:

• Montana: 3
  
• Wyoming: 0 -- three days in a row with zero new deaths;
  
• North Dakota: 1 -- give me a break -- one new death and the White House paints us red!
  
• South Dakota: 0 -- compared to Minnesota, ND, Montana -- looking pretty good
  
• Nebraska: 10 -- ouch!
  
• Iowa: 10 -- ouch!
  
• Minnesota: 4!
  

Deaths per million population, and (ranking among 50 states and DC):

• Iowa: 404 (23) -- ranking unchanged
  
• Minnesota: 358 (27)  -- ranking unchanged
  
• North Dakota: 253 (35) -- moved unchanged
  
• Nebraska: 234 (39) -- ranking unchanged
  
• South Dakota: 228 (40) -- ranking unchanged
  
• Montana: 150 (44) -- ranking unchanged
  
• Wyoming: 85 (50) -- ranking unchanged -- only Alaska is lower with 62 deaths / one million

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New Statistician For The Blog's
Covid-19 Coverage In The Bakken

Starting next week, the blog has hired a new statistician to track Covid-19 in the Bakken: