The Northland's 10 counties reported 119 new COVID-19 cases June 4-10. This is a decline for the sixth consecutive week.
There were six COVID-19-related deaths in the region June 4-10. Two were in Douglas County, while Aitkin, Itasca, St. Louis and Bayfield counties each recorded one.
Weekly total cases and seven-day averages in Northland counties June 4-10:
- Aitkin — 5; 0.7.
- Carlton — 9; 1.3.
- Cook — 1; 0.1.
- Itasca — 22; 3.1.
- Koochiching — 13; 1.9.
- Lake — 4; 0.6.
- St. Louis — 39; 5.6.
- Ashland — 1; 0.1.
- Bayfield — 5; 0.7.
- Douglas — 10; 1.4.
St. Louis County
Of the 119 new cases in the Northland this week, 39 were in St. Louis County. As of Thursday, the county's seven-day testing positivity rate was 1.1%. This is a 0.4% decrease compared to last week. The county conducted 3,530 COVID-19 tests June 4-10. Cases for each city in the county were unavailable this week.
Carlton County
Carlton County logged nine new cases of COVID-19 in the last week. Those new cases came from 676 tests, putting this week's testing positivity rate at 1.3%, a decrease of 1.2% from last week.
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New cases in Carlton County ZIP codes June 4-10:
- Cloquet — 4.
- Carlton — 3.
- Esko — 2.
Between June 4-10, 2,492 Northlanders were reported to have received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As of June 10, 215,591 Northlanders had at least one dose of vaccine, or about 54% of the region's total population.
In that time frame, 3,957 Northlanders became fully vaccinated. As of June 10, there are 197,938 fully vaccinated people in the Northland — about 50% of the region's population.
Percentage of people with at least one vaccine dose in each county:
- Aitkin — 49%.
- Carlton — 57%.
- Cook — 72%.
- Itasca — 46%.
- Koochiching — 46%.
- Lake — 56%.
- St. Louis — 55%.
- Ashland — 54%.
- Bayfield — 61%.
- Douglas — 52%.
Please note: The COVID-19 update will now only appear weekly in the Saturday edition of the News Tribune.
