By September 28, total recoveries passed 17,000. North Dakota had set a record high for active cases every day since September 21, with active cases rising from around 100 cases to 3,766. The spike is suspected to have been contributed in part by hundreds of thousands attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota from early August. On September 29, COVID-19 cases in the state passed 21,000. Grant County had its first confirmed death. It was noted by Bloomberg that the surge of cases in North Dakota was similar to that of Florida's from July.
