(KNSI) – The St. Cloud area reports 106 new cases and one death from COVID-19 Wednesday. The newly reported death was a Wright County resident who was in their 70s.
Benton County sees 12 new cases, Morrison County 10, Sherburne County 36, Stearns County 17 and Wright 31.
Across Minnesota, there are 1,046 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths.
The state processed 21,047 COVID tests on Tuesday, and 5 percent of those tests came back positive.
As for vaccinations, 85,775 people in the five-county area have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The area as a whole is lagging behind the state’s vaccination rate by population. Across the state, 23.1 percent of Minnesotans — 1,284,612 people — are vaccinated. Right now, 18.2 percent of residents in the five-county area are vaccinated, with Stearns leading the way with the most people vaccinated both in raw numbers and compared to the county’s total population.
- Benton: 6,097 people with at least one vaccine dose, or 15.2 percent of the county population
- Morrison: 7,152 people, or 21.6 percent
- Sherburne: 13,425 people, or 14.2 percent
- Stearns: 35,063 people, or 22.1 percent
- Wright: 24,038 people, or 17.9 percent
St. Cloud’s new large-scale vaccination site at the River’s Edge Convention Center could bring the area up to speed; the operation aims to administer around 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine to eligible patients every Wednesday.
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