The Minnesota Department of Health released it’s COVID-19 Weekly Report (here) on Thursday. All information is updated through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7. Information on Polk County and the KROX listening area was pulled from the report and is below –
| Polk County | Minnesota | |
| Tests | 7,988 | 2,224,194 |
| Positive Cases | 376 | 107,922 |
| Percent Positive Tests** | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Case Rate per 10,000 | 119 | 195 |
| Deaths | 4 | 2,107 |
| No longer require isolation | 332 | 87,254 |
| Open Cases | 40 | 8,561 |
**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 |
| 56517 | Beltrami | 279 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56523 | Climax | 539 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56535 | Erskine | 1,363 | 16 | 117 |
| 56540 | Fertile | 1,962 | 14 | 71 |
| 56542 | Fosston | 2,829 | 12 | 42 |
| 56556 | Mcintosh | 1,160 | 6 | 52 |
| 56568 | Nielsville | 142 | 0 | 0 |
| 56592 | Winger | 516 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56646 | Gully | 355 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56684 | Trail | 282 | 0 | 0 |
| 56716 | Crookston | 9,416 | 92 | 98 |
| 56721 | East Grand Forks | 10,096 | 185 | 183 |
| 56722 | Euclid | 386 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56723 | Fisher | 970 | 9 | 93 |
| 56736 | Mentor | 903 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56750 | Red Lake Falls | 2,539 | 33 | 130 |
| 56713 | Argyle | 1.022 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56757 | Stephen | 932 | 5 or less | NA |
| 56762 | Warren | 2,494 | 26 | 104 |
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
| 14-day Case Rate per 10,000 | Increase or (-) Decrease | |
| Marshall | 5.32 | -1.07 |
| Norman | 12.20 | 4.58 |
| Polk | 24.69 | 5.38 |
| Red Lake | 19.96 | 7.48 |
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