CNN: “Covid-19 cases are rising in North Dakota and the health care system in the state may not be well-equipped to handle this surge, a public health official warns. ‘Right now, the hospitals have less than 20 beds available across the state,’ said Renae Mock, director of Bismark-Burleigh Public Health, adding that it’s concerning because some hospitals are struggling to meet the demand for care. ‘We have some hospitals in very rural areas that are having difficulty meeting the demand, and having to send patients to different areas across the state of North Dakota, and even had to send out of state at some point to Sioux Falls [South Dakota] and also Billings, Montana.’ Mock says it’s been a challenge to ‘make a difference in the number of cases’ without a state mandate to enforce coronavirus safety measures.”