Four more St. Louis County residents have died of COVID-19 and its complications according to the Minnesota Department of Health on Sunday. This brings the county's death toll to 193.
One resident was between the ages of 55-59. The other three residents were between the ages of 85 to 95.
The Northland saw an increase of 148 new cases Sunday, with 87 of those cases residing in St. Louis County. The county with the next highest number of new cases in the 10-county region of the Northland was Itasca County with 15 new cases.
New cases and seven-day averages in other counties:
Aitkin — 3; 6.
Carlton — 9; 15.
Cook — 3; 1.
Itasca — 15; 11.
Koochiching — 2; 3.
Lake — 7; 3.
St. Louis — 87; 78.
Ashland — 5; 6.
Bayfield — 10; 5.
Douglas — 7; 23.
Statewide, Minnesota reported 40 more deaths from COVID-19 and 2,534 positive tests. Wisconsin reported nine new deaths statewide Saturday, along with 2,287 new cases.
Data may appear skewed due to a slowdown in testing and changes in data reporting over Christmas. Wisconsin reported new case and death information Friday. Because Minnesota did not, today's report includes two days' worth of data.
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