Nearly 15,000 Crow Wing County residents are at least 65 years old, according to the 2019 population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, and are among those facing elevated risk if they contract the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Within the seven-county region as of Tuesday, Crow Wing ranked third in terms of the proportion of those in that age bracket who’ve received at least one dose. Wadena and Aitkin counties both of which claim populations less than a quarter of the size of Crow Wing’s each report slightly higher percentages. In Wadena County, it’s 36.7% of seniors, and in Aitkin County, it’s 32.9%. Crow Wing County sat at 31.3%, nearly a full 10 percentage points higher than last-ranked Mille Lacs County.
Crow Wing’s active COVID-19 cases fall below 100
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center will once again allow visitors at its Care Center, and Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin began distributing vaccine to seniors.
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Crow Wing County has fewer than 100 active cases of COVID-19 for the first time in more than four months.
As of Monday, Feb. 1, there were 85 known active cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus among county residents, according to statistics provided by county officials. That number dropped further Tuesday to 78, meaning of the 4,958 COVID-19 cases recorded thus far, 4,886 are believed to be out of isolation.
“I think it’s going to be a historical moment and we’re excited to start this for sure,” she said.
The recent Bemidji State University grad started working for the county in March, meaning Adams’ only experience thus far in the public health field occurred in the midst of the greatest public health challenge this nation has experienced in a century. Much of that work involved contact tracing efforts for those who’ve tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus.
“It felt good to be able to educate the community, you know, answer their questions, and just teach them more about COVID,” she said. “It felt like a big step. Small, big steps.”
Hospitals give 1st COVID-19 vaccines in Crow Wing Health care workers were identified as first priority in Phase 1a of vaccine distribution, per the Minnesota Department of Health allocation guidelines.
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Dr. Greg Davis, a pulmonologist, receives the first COVID-19 vaccination in the Brainerd lakes area Monday, Dec. 20, at Essentia Health-St. Joseph s Medical Center in Brainerd. Submitted photo
Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, is a day history was made in Crow Wing County the two hospital systems administered their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health care workers at both Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby received vaccinations Monday. Receiving the first vaccine early Monday morning was Essentia’s Dr. Greg Davis, pulmonologist. Davis was expected to be followed by more than 110 other frontline workers at Essentia on Monday, according to a news release.
Hospitals give 1st COVID-19 vaccines in Crow Wing Health care workers were identified as first priority in Phase 1a of vaccine distribution, per the Minnesota Department of Health allocation guidelines.
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Dr. Greg Davis, a pulmonologist, receives the first COVID-19 vaccination in the Brainerd lakes area Monday, Dec. 20, at Essentia Health-St. Joseph s Medical Center in Brainerd. Submitted photo
Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, is a day history was made in Crow Wing County the two hospital systems administered their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health care workers at both Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby received vaccinations Monday. Receiving the first vaccine early Monday morning was Essentia’s Dr. Greg Davis, pulmonologist. Davis was expected to be followed by more than 110 other frontline workers at Essentia on Monday, according to a news release.