On March 24, three positive COVID19 tests were added in Burleigh County from a woman having close contact to a COVID19-positive individual and two men from Cass County, one in his 70s and the other in his 90s.[31][32] A total of 36 positive COVID19 cases have been reported for North Dakota, 7 individuals were hospitalized, no deaths have been reported, and the state has tested 1,602 individuals across 48 out of 53 counties in the state.[33][34] Burgum released an executive order halting in-person North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) administrative hearings and eliminates load restrictions on state highways.[5]