Another 37 Northland residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died from the illness and its complications.
The Carlton County resident was in their late 80s. Carlton County has now lost 49 lives to COVID-19. The death was among eight new deaths reported statewide by the Minnesota Department of Health. Wisconsin reported no new deaths on Sunday.
Carlton County also passed 3,000 total COVID-19 diagnoses since the start of the pandemic.
New cases and seven-day averages in Northland counties:
- Aitkin — 1; 2.7.
- Carlton — 5; 3.
- Cook — 0; 0.
- Itasca — 3; 7.7.
- Koochiching — 0; 0.1.
- Lake — 0; 2.4.
- St. Louis — 29; 23.
- Ashland — 0; 0.6.
- Bayfield — 0; 0.3.
- Douglas — 4; 3.7.
The new cases were among 813 in Minnesota and 464 in Wisconsin.
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The state of Minnesota reported Sunday that another 5,287 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to Northeastern Minnesota residents.
That's the most new vaccinations the region has logged in a single day, since the previous day's record of 4,358. Prior to Saturday, the most new vaccinations was 4,289 reported Feb. 6.
Across the seven counties of Northeastern Minnesota, 21.7% of the population has now received at least one dose.
Of those age 65 and older in the region, more than 56% have received at least one dose.
