More are getting COVID-19 in Otter Tail County as well as in Minnesota. 7:00 pm, Jul. 27, 2021 × It was a message nobody wants to hear. "The pandemic is not over," Public Health Director Jody Lien told Otter Tail County commissioners at their July 27 meeting. “We’re starting to hear some cause for concern." Otter Tail County's cases have more than doubled from about six cases a week, to about 15 or 16 cases a week, and the county is seeing clusters of cases, particularly among those who are unvaccinated, Lien said. The percentage of Otter Tail County residents ages 16 and up who are vaccinated hovers at about 56% to 57%