COVID-19 INFORMATION FOR POLK COUNTY AND THE KROX LISTENING AREA (MARCH 5)

The Minnesota Department of Health released its COVID-19 Weekly Report (here) on Thursday.  All information is updated through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3 unless noted. Information on Polk County and the KROX listening area was pulled from the report and is below – 

Interview with Polk County Public Health Director Sarah Reese on COVID-19 Vaccines.  – 

	Polk County	Minnesota
Tests	31,965	7,465,199
Positive Cases	3,443	487,374
State Percent Positive Tests**	5.9%	6.7%
Case Rate per 10,000	1,090	882
Deaths	63	6,521
No longer require isolation	3,349	473,728
Open Cases	31	7,125

**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 2/17
56517	Beltrami	279	18	645	3
56523	Climax	539	54	1,002	0
56535	Erskine	1,363	102	748	2
56540	Fertile	1,962	196	999	8
56542	Fosston	2,829	224	792	4
56556	McIntosh	1,160	122	1,052	4
56568	Nielsville	142	5 or less	NA	NA
56592	Winger	516	36	698	0
56646	Gully	355	27	761	2
56684	Trail	282	42	1,489	5
56716	Crookston	9,416	1,035	1,099	14
56721	East Grand Forks	10,096	1,293	1,281	14
56722	Euclid	386	53	1,373	1
56723	Fisher	970	117	1,206	1
56736	Mentor	903	73	808	2
56750	Red Lake Falls	2,539	240	945	14
56713	Argyle	1,022	92	900	0
56757	Stephen	932	80	858	6
56762	Warren	2,494	249	998	6

 

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 2/20	14-day Case Rate per 10,000	Increase or (-) Decrease
Marshall	47.91	2.13
Norman	48.79	44.22
Polk	13.93	2.53
Red Lake	57.39	14.97