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Cook is new COVID hotspot in North Country
Reported cases surge 100 percent in three weeks Posted
David Colburn
REGIONAL - A reported surge last week in positive COVID-19 cases has Cook bucking state and countywide trends indicating that spread of the novel coronavirus has slightly slowed.
Data provided last Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health showed an increase of 25 cases in the Cook zip code from the Dec. 3 report, jumping from 91 to 116. In a three-week span from Nov. 19 to Dec. 10, Cook experienced a 100 percent increase in cumulative cases.
Though COVID-19 numbers in the Northland remain low this week, there is still fear of a surge from Thanksgiving Day as well as in January after the holiday break.