No deaths, 583 new COVID cases reported in St. Cloud area this week

No deaths from COVID-19 were reported in the St. Cloud tri-county area this week, according to the Minnesota Department of Health, and new cases numbered 583.

Across the state, 28 deaths and 13,846 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Monday through Friday.

Stearns County reported 307 of those new cases of COVID-19; Sherburne County reported 179 new cases; Benton County reported 97.

Stearns County has reported 52,003 cases and 368 deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Sherburne has reported 27,806 cases and 181 deaths and Benton County has reported 14,396 cases and 174 deaths, according to the department of health.

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Of Minnesotans aged 5 and older, 75.1% have received at least one vaccine dose, according to the health department's vaccine data website. In Stearns County, 61.1% of people 5 years old and older have received at least one vaccine dose; in Sherburne County, 58.6% of that same population; and in Benton County, 57.6%.

Since the pandemic began, there have been more than 526 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 6.2 million deaths across the world, according to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. has reported more than 83 million cases and more than 1 million deaths.

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Find a vaccine clinic near you by visiting https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/find-vaccine/index.jsp.

Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa is the education reporter for the St. Cloud Times. Reach him agaafarelkhalifa@stcloudtimes.com. Follow him on Twitter @AbdullaGaafare1

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