On March 25, nine new cases arose in North Dakota hailing from a Ramsey, Morton, Cass, and Stark counties.[35] There are 45 total cases of COVID19 in North Dakota, eight total individuals are hospitalized, and no deaths due to COVID19 have been reported.[36] On this day, an executive order from Doug Burgum expanded worker's compensation coverage to first responders and health care providers who contract COVID19.[3] Burgum announced that the state received a total of 11,700 unemployment claims in the past week.[37]