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COVID-19: A Deadly Week In Olmsted County
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St Paul (KROC AM News) -,
The Minnesota Dept. of Health has released the numbers from Thursday and they show the state’s death total has risen to 5107.
Just over 1900 new positive cases were confirmed, increasing the total to 406,500.
Olmsted County has had a deadly run the past week.
Since last Saturday, the county has reported 7 Covid deaths and 271 new positive cases. The county’s death total has climbed to 57 and the number of positive cases has risen to nearly 8900.
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