WILLMAR — There were 45 new cases of COVID-19 and one death reported in the area, according to the Thursday state update.
The death was an individual in their late 70s from Stearns County.
Stearns County reported 22 new cases overall, Renville County had nine and Kandiyohi and Meeker counties each had five new cases. Lac qui Parle while Pope, Swift and Yellow Medicine counties each reported one new case.
Three of the 11 counties tracked by the West Central Tribune — Big Stone, Chippewa and Redwood — reported no new cases.
Statewide there were 949 newly reported cases overall.
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That brings the state's cumulative total to 487,374.
Of the cumulative number of cases, 37,919 of them are health care workers.
There were 14 additional deaths attributed to COVID-19, for a current total of 6,521 deaths. Most of the deaths, 4,070, have occurred in long-term care or assisted living facilities, and 5,395 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: 516 cases; 3 deaths
Chippewa County: 1,367 cases; 35 deaths
Kandiyohi County: 5,801 cases; 74 deaths
Lac qui Parle County: 686 cases; 16 deaths
Meeker County: 2,079 cases; 34 deaths
Pope County: 808 cases; 5 deaths
Redwood County: 1,470 cases; 27 deaths
Renville County: 1,512 cases; 40 deaths
Stearns County: 18,774 cases; 202 deaths
Swift County: 879 cases; 18 deaths
Yellow Medicine County: 977 cases; 17 deaths
The state is now also reporting daily vaccine administration numbers. The vaccine is not yet available to the general public but is being provided to targeted groups.
As of Thursday’s report, 948,127 people have received one dose and 500,188 have completed the vaccine series statewide.
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According to the figures available Thursday, the number of individuals who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in area counties includes:
Big Stone: 1,468
Chippewa: 2,543
Kandiyohi: 7,270
Lac qui Parle: 1,956
Meeker: 3,704
Pope: 2,639
Redwood: 2,876
Renville: 3,054
Stearns: 27,600
Swift: 2,006
Yellow Medicine: 2,603
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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