Report: COVID-19 Third Leading Cause Of ND 2020 Deaths

(Bismarck, ND)  --  A preliminary report indicates that COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in North Dakota during 2020.  The North Dakota Department of Health and Vital Records says there were 16-hundred additional deaths in 2020, most attributable to COVID-19.  The initial report states eleven-hundred-57 deaths last year were caused by COVID-19.