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Itasca County residents continue to drive rates of COVID spread down in the county as more and more residents are vaccinated. Only five new cases of COVID-19 have been identified among Itasca County residents over the past two weeks, bringing the 14-day rate per 10,000 residents to less than one.
Itasca County has seen one additional death due to COVID, a woman in her 20s.
âWe know from experience that Itasca residents do not live in a bubble,â said Kelly Chandler, division manager, Itasca County Public Health. âWe travel, we host visitors and eventually will see what other regions see. At this point, the virusâ Delta variant has yet to be identified in Itasca County or Northeast Minnesota, although it has been found in other areas of the state.Â