Virgin Islands stand alone in having recorded decreases in numbers of Covid-19 cases over the last two weeks as the country braces for a possible "third peak" of the disease.

The state, which does not release case counts over the weekend, had a record 3,861 new cases Friday, according to the state's health department.

In North Dakota, a whopping 4 percent of the state's residents have contracted Covid-19 since March, most of the cases coming within the last few weeks.

The state, which does not have a mask mandate, only recommends that its residents cover their faces.

"You know, from my perspective, the mask mandate, it's going to be hard to enforce," said Kirby Kruger, director of the Health Department's disease control division.

"I think it's important to the future of our state that we do understand there is something that is more powerful than an executive order — infinitely more powerful than a mandate — and these are the beliefs that individuals hold in their hearts," he said at a news conference

Burgum, a Republican, said he was "amazed" that people were still debating the mask mandate because "there is no other way to get someone to wear a mask other than for that person to choose to do that."

"As the Amarillo and Lubbock communities see a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations, the State of Texas is providing support to hospitals throughout these two regions," Abbott, a Republican, said in a news release