WILLMAR — There were no deaths and 54 new cases overall of COVID-19 reported Tuesday in the region.
Most of the new cases, 34, were reported in Stearns County. Kandiyohi County reported six new cases, Yellow Medicine County had five cases overall, and Meeker County had three additional cases. Pope, Redwood counties each had two cases and Lac qui Parle and Renville counties each had one new case.
Three counties — Big Stone, Chippewa and Swift — reported no new cases in the latest state update .
Statewide there were 1,278 newly reported cases overall.
The state's cumulative number of cases is now 517,881.
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Of the cumulative number of cases, 39,182 of them have been among health care workers.
There was one new death reported in the state Tuesday.
The state’s current total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 is now at 6,836. Most of the deaths, 4,272, have occurred in long-term care or assisted living facilities, and 5,661 of the people who died were 70 or older.
The information was included in the latest daily situation update from the Minnesota Department of Health , released at 11 a.m. daily. The data released are current as of 4 p.m. the day before.
Since the start of the pandemic, the number of COVID-19 cases among residents confirmed to reside in area counties and the number of deaths includes:
Big Stone County: 542cases; 4 deaths
Chippewa County: 1,419 cases; 35 deaths
Kandiyohi County: 6,031 cases; 79 deaths
Lac qui Parle County: 717 cases; 21 deaths
Meeker County: 2,187 cases; 36 deaths
Pope County: 924 cases; 6 deaths
Redwood County: 1,549 cases; 34 deaths
Renville County: 1,613 cases; 43 deaths
Stearns County: 19,818 cases; 209 deaths
Swift County: 938 cases; 18 deaths
Yellow Medicine County: 1,039 cases; 17 deaths
The state is now also reporting daily vaccine administration numbers. As of Tuesday’s report, 1,637,771 people have received one dose and 1,003,316 have completed the vaccine series statewide.
The percent of people who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in area counties ranges from 33% of residents in Meeker County to 55% in Big Stone County. To date, 38% of residents in Kandiyohi County have had at least one dose of the vaccine. Swift and Yellow Medicine counties are at 47 percent receiving at least one dose.
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According to the figures available Tuesday, the number of individuals who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in area counties includes:
Big Stone: 2,212
Chippewa: 4,101
Kandiyohi: 12,763
Lac qui Parle: 2,728
Meeker: 5,957
Pope: 3,730
Redwood: 4,628
Renville: 4,774
Stearns: 42,442
Swift: 3,516
Yellow Medicine: 3,705
The vaccine data web page is updated at 11 a.m. daily, but it can take up to 48 hours for data to be reported to the state and processed.
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