Minnesota and Wisconsin health officials reported 81 new cases of COVID-19 in the Northland on Saturday.
For the second consecutive day, the 10-county region has not logged any new deaths from COVID-19.
New cases and seven-day averages in Northland counties:
- Aitkin — 3; 2.3.
- Carlton — 12; 6.9.
- Cook — 1; 0.1.
- Itasca — 18; 29.4.
- Koochiching — 0; 2.4.
- Lake — 2; 0.9.
- St. Louis — 32; 41.3.
- Ashland — 1; 2.7.
- Bayfield — 4; 1.9.
- Douglas — 8; 7.4.
Another 380 people in the seven-county region of Northeastern Minnesota have received their first COVID-19 vaccine, as have another 180 people in Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas counties.
Nearly 50% of the Northland has had at least one dose of a vaccine. That percentage includes people age 15 and younger who are not yet eligible for the vaccine.