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COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE IN CROOKSTON WITH NEW RECORD WEEKLY HIGH, NUMBERS FOR THE KROX LISTENING AREA (NOVEMBER 27)

The Minnesota Department of Health released its COVID-19 Weekly Report (here) on Friday.  All information is updated through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25 unless noted. Information on Polk County and the KROX listening area was pulled from the report and is below – 

Update from Polk County Public Health –

11/27/20: Polk County has a total of 2,382 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19. From November 19th – November 25th, Polk County has had an increase of 433 new cases. Currently, 27 individuals are hospitalized and 5 of these individuals are in ICU.

Now more than ever, we need to work together to slow the spread. Please continue to practice social distancing, avoid gatherings, wear a mask, wash your hands for 20 seconds, and be alert for symptoms.

Polk County Minnesota
Tests 16,948 4,012,524
Positive Cases 2,382 289,364
Percent Positive Reported Tests 14.05% 7.21%
State Percent Positive Tests** 6.9% 7.4%
Case Rate per 10,000 754 534
Deaths 23 3,476
No longer require isolation 2,002 244,982
Open Cases 357 40,906

**Positive number of tests and positivity calculations include only tests reported by labs that report both positive and negative results. Percent positive is the percent of positive tests from the total number of tests by county of residence.

Zip Code City Population Cases Case Rate per 10,000 New Cases
since 11/18 report
56517 Beltrami 279 14 502 1
56523 Climax 539 44 816 4
56535 Erskine 1,363 62 455 10
56540 Fertile 1,962 130 663 29
56542 Fosston 2,829 144 509 34
56556 McIntosh 1,160 104 897 12
56568 Nielsville 142 5 or less NA NA
56592 Winger 516 28 543 3
56646 Gully 355 18 507 4
56684 Trail 282 15 532 3
56716 Crookston 9,416 600 637 172
56721 East Grand Forks 10,096 1011 1001 120
56722 Euclid 386 41 1062 8
56723 Fisher 970 73 753 16
56736 Mentor 903 46 509 8
           
56750 Red Lake Falls 2,539 142 559 25
56713 Argyle 1,022 62 607 10
56757 Stephen 932 34 365 7
56762 Warren 2,494 147 589 24

 

SCHOOL LEARNING MODEL OPTIONS

Policy Option 14-day Case Rate per 10,000
All in-person 0 to less than 10
Elementary in-person/high school hybrid 10 to less than 20
Both hybrid 20 to less than 30
Elementary hybrid/high school distance 30 to less than 50
All Distance 50 or more 

 

CASE RATE PER COUNTY

thru 11/14 14-day Case Rate per 10,000 Increase or (-) Decrease
Marshall 156.52 4.26
Norman 169.23 12.19
Polk  263.37 25.33
Red Lake  162.18 34.93

 

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