This Is The County In The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area With The Most Deaths From COVID-19

Minneapolis MN

22 August, 2021

9:50 AM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Minneapolis 2021-08-22 The ongoing spread of the delta variant is claiming lives and threatening a return to normalcy in the United States. So far, 618,468 Americans have died from the virus — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, a total of 4,761 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 134 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 189 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people. Though deaths attributable to the virus are less common across the metro area than they are nationwide, this is not the case in some parts of the city. The broader Minneapolis metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Mille Lacs County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Mille Lacs County stands at 225 for every 100,000 people. Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area, Mille Lacs County ranks among the middle 50% of all U.S. counties or county equivalents with at least one COVID-19 fatality by death rate per capita. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of August 19, 2021. These are all the counties in Minnesota where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it's still getting worse). Can't see the article's infographic? Click here to view the original story.This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.