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

Minneapolis MN

28 September, 2021

9:51 AM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Minneapolis 2021-09-28 As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 42,301,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, a total of 436,563 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 12,272 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 12,929 cases per 100,000 people. Even though Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case. The broader Minneapolis metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Sherburne County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 13,732 infections in Sherburne County, or 14,729 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Sherburne County than they are across all of the Minneapolis area, however. There have been a total of 112 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Sherburne County, compared to 138 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 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.