(KNSI) – The Minnesota Department of Health confirms 878 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths across the state on Thursday.
Those numbers include 70 new cases in the five-county St. Cloud area and one death, a Stearns County resident who was in their late 80s.
- Benton: 1
- Morrison: 3
- Sherburne: 20
- Stearns: 30
- Wright: 16
The state processed 22,383 COVID-19 tests on Wednesday, and 3.9 percent of those tests came back positive.
As for vaccinations, 3,183,305 Minnesotans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That includes nearly 69,000 Stearns County residents age 12 and older.
Percent of the 12+ population receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine:
- State of Minnesota: 67.7 percent
- Benton: 50 percent
- Morrison: 46 percent
- Sherburne: 51 percent
- Stearns: 51 percent
- Wright: 57 percent
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